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I recently had a similar experience. I set up the WG602 with 64-bit WEP for
four laptop users. Each had a different problem.
User 1 could ping and browse, but couldn't connect to other machines on the
LAN. This was caused by the Windows XP firewall. When the firewall is
disabled, the user can connect to the LAN. However, she only wanted Internet
access, so I left the firewall enabled. I could have tried changing various
settings in the firewall, but didn't have time to experiment.
User 2 showed excellent signal strength, but could not receive packets. This
user had a Belkin 802.11g wireless card. When I disabled WEP on the WG602,
everything worked, but we required WEP, so the solution was to dump the
Belkin card and buy a Netgear 108 wireless card. It worked perfectly. A
network guru told me that Belkin frequently won't work with other brands of
wireless equipment. Belkin tech support never returned my email.
User 3 uses a Powerbook G4 with an Airport card. Like User 2, when I
disabled WEP she was able to ping and browse, but only if I manually entered
IP settings and didn't use DHCP. Saw a post on the Netgear site (I think)
that said Apple Airport won't work with the WG602, so User 3 is SOL.
User 4 was the only user that had no problems. Luckily, she was the owner of
the business!
Also, the WG602 has the sensing port to which Ron Bandes refers. The WG602
comes with a straight-through cable.
"enorehtonatey" <cerecReMOVEtooth@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:2g1op6F3jceiU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Ron Bandes wrote:
>
> > The Ethernet jack on the AP is like the jack on a computer, not like the
> > jack on a hub or Ethernet switch. Technically, the AP's jack is MDI-X
> > (Medium Dependent Interface - Crossed). The computer's jack is MDI
(Medium
> > Dependent Interface [not crossed]). When you connect dissimilar jacks
(like
> > a computer and a hub), you should use a straight cable. When you
connect
> > similar jacks (like two computers), you should use a crossover cable.
Since
> > your computer and your AP both are MDI, you needed a crossover cable to
make
> > this work. You can verify this by examining the Link lights on the
Ethernet
> > jacks.
> >
> > BTW, people often check the Link light at only one end of the
connection.
> > That is a mistake. The Link light only shows that the device is
receiving a
> > signal from the other device. To be sure that the other device is also
> > receiving a signal, you must look at its Link light.
> >
> > Many new Ethernet switches and NICs now have a feature that
automatically
> > detects whether crossover is needed, and provides it automatically.
With
> > these devices you can be sloppy in your choice of cables.
>
> Hi, The lights come on at both ends. I'm assuming they would supply the
> correct crossover cable with it as it it meant to plug into a network
card.
>
> To get back to the issue, I guess I need to go and read up a bit about
> networking. I got into configuration, changed the IP settings to that of
> my computer as per my reading of the instructions, and since then I've
> no longer been able to connect to it. I don't really have time to sort
> it out at the moment, so any further suggsetions are very welcome. The
> laptop (with wireless card) detects it fine by the way but I can't ping
> or configure it from that either.