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That's great - thanks Tony and Neill for your pieces of advice. I shall
work on what you've given me and no doubt should be able to get things
working soon.
Thanks!
Charlie.
Tony Doherty wrote:
> Oops! Just re-read your message and noticed that you have a BELKIN
PCMCIA
> card. Therefore, the Linksys utility indicated may not work correctly
with
> this card. Is there a Belkin utility loaded on the laptop as well?
Otherwise
> you will have to delve a little deeper into Win XP Wireless LAN
properties
> in order to achieve much the same thing.
>
> However, I recommend using the management utility supplied with the
card
> (may be available from the Belkin website) as this should be easier
to
> configure and will allow for the setting up of multiple profiles
should the
> laptop be moved out and about to connect with other networks.
>
>
> "Tony Doherty" <tony.doherty@nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:cqv6v0$at9$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Double click on the Linksys green icon which should launch the
Linksys
> > Management Utility (or else find it under "start\programs").
> >
> > One of the tabs on the screen should allow the creation of
profiles. From
> > memory the first profile saved should be called "default". Once the
> profile
> > is created and saved then "connect" using the connect button with
this
> > profile highlighted.
> >
> > Get this feature working first before trying out the further
recommended
> > security measures.
> >
> >
> >
> > <charlie.smithers@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1104354311.385297.52540@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > > Hi Tony,
> > >
> > > I've been saving on the router, but I've not saved a profile on
the
> > > laptop - it sounds like that might be quite useful to do. Could
you
> > > give me a quick pointer as to how I find the WiFi management
utility in
> > > XP? The only thing I have is the little Linksys green icon in the
> > > system tray, which doesn't seem to let me save profiles at all...
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > >
> > > Tony Doherty wrote:
> > > > I am assuming that you are selecting "save" on the router after
each
> > > change
> > > > to the configuration.
> > > >
> > > > Have you set up a saved profile on the laptop WiFi management
utility
> > > > (either the XP or other version) with the correct SSID stored?
This
> > > profile
> > > > should be selected on the laptop in order to connect to the
router.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <charlie.smithers@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:1104332425.644639.280420@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a very simple network at home with a Linksys WAG54G
router,
> > > a
> > > > > couple of PCs connected to it via Cat 5 cable and a wireless
> > > networked
> > > > > laptop with a Belkin 54G wireless PCMCIA card.
> > > > >
> > > > > Everything works fine, except when I try to do anything with
> > > security.
> > > > > So, the first thing I try is to have the router not broadcast
its
> > > SSID,
> > > > > but as soon as I do that the laptop cannot connect to the
network
> > > at
> > > > > all, no matter what I do. Does anyone know why this is and
what I
> > > might
> > > > > be able to do to make it work?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Charlie.
> > > > >
> > >
> >
> >