wireless network problem

[rhdb52]

hello everyone,

in my house i have a cable modem hooked up to a wireless netgear g router. the computer upstairs is hardwired to the router, and the computer downstairs is hooked up with a netgear wireless card g. both of those computers work fine, they can use the internet and share files.

the problem: i have another computer hooked up upstairs and that is trying to connect to the router using a d-link 802.11b wireless card. the computer can recognize the network, and it was able to connect once (not sure what i did though), then..after restartig the comptuer, it coudltn connect anymore.

ive also tried only letting computers that the router allows to connect to the network, and both wireless cards are connected underneath, and the downstairs computer works, but teh upstairs still has problems.


**UPDATE** when i disabled the WEP security, the wireless card was able to work and connect to the network and internet. Although there is no WEP, i made the network only available to those computers that the admin chooses to be on the network (have to add them in manually)...

my question now is, is this safe? or are there any potential problems??


thanks, (and sry for the long post)

[glc]

You should try WEP again - just make sure you use a mode that's compatible with the D-Link.

[KoMoDo]

HI :-P

im using the exact same router, my version is WGR614v4, i just LOVE it, was such a cheap deal, it was like 55$ for that router plus my dad's PCMCIA card for him laptop.

ya, it is completely safe, thats EXACTLY my setup, 1 comp thru ethernet, and then this one and my dads laptop are thru wireless, just set the MAC addresses in the routers settings to only these 3, and nothing else can get in, not even using WEP. its completely safe.

GO GO WIRELESS G! :-P

KoMoDo

[rhdb52]

yeah, i was gonna try WEP again, just to see if i could get it to work; and just use the manual entry if it failed again.

KoMoDo: yeah, i really like the router. think i got teh same deal a couple weeks ago, the router and then my wireless (desktop though) card for like, 50 bux or something AR. at the other end of the house downstairs and still getting full signal. i love it.

[KoMoDo]

ya, i got the desktop pci adapter seperately, for 40$ or so, and getting extremely good signals no matter where i am, and im in a big house (3 stories :-P) dad is lovin it! :-P my wireless adapter is docked under the table next to the wall, and is about 7 feet away from the wireless router, its steady at 54 mbps EXCELLENT reception, just tell me that aint sweet!

also, whats AR ? :-P

KoMoDo

[glc]

Without WEP, your data stream can still be intercepted by someone that's serious about hacking.

When you crossbrand, you usually have to manually create keys, the passphrase function may not be compatible.

[rhdb52]

AR = after rebate

glc: i was able to find the 4 codes, and i type them manually into the D-link computer setup, but it still isnt working. i dont understand why not

is there something about authentication i should change? open, shared ..etc

[glc]

Everything has to match. You only need one key.