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From: Scott on 23 Jan 2010 03:30 I have a Toshiba R150 laptop pc and set up wireless connection at home and works correctly. I also use it at various locations without any issues. Recently, I encountered failure connection in two locations where are at our suppliers. The first one was that I could not connect to the AP with given password. I went together with my colleagues who worked with the AP without issue. Yesterday, I visited another supplier who had an AP without any password. My colleagues worked very well except me. I could connect the AP but my computer always said my IP was same as others and failed to work properly. I have no cure how to diagnostic it and trace the cause. Can someone advise me how to track down the issues.
From: Shenan Stanley on 23 Jan 2010 10:51 Scott wrote: > I have a Toshiba R150 laptop pc and set up wireless connection at > home and works correctly. I also use it at various locations > without any issues. Recently, I encountered failure connection in > two locations where are at our suppliers. The first one was that I > could not connect to the AP with given password. I went together > with my colleagues who worked with the AP without issue. > Yesterday, I visited another supplier who had an AP without any > password. My colleagues worked very well except me. I could > connect the AP but my computer always said my IP was same as others > and failed to work properly. I have no cure how to diagnostic it > and trace the cause. Can someone advise me how to track down the > issues. Ensure you have the latest hardware device driver and software for your wireless device from the wireless device manufacturer. Beyond that - you could just have a poor wireless device. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: Bernd on 23 Jan 2010 12:34 -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > I have a Toshiba R150 laptop pc and set up wireless connection at home and > works correctly. I also use it at various locations without any issues. > Recently, I encountered failure connection in two locations where are at our > suppliers. The first one was that I could not connect to the AP with given > password. I went together with my colleagues who worked with the AP without > issue. Yesterday, I visited another supplier who had an AP without any > password. My colleagues worked very well except me. I could connect the AP > but my computer always said my IP was same as others and failed to work > properly. I have no cure how to diagnostic it and trace the cause. Can > someone advise me how to track down the issues. > Are you sure you use DHCP to get an IP address dynamically ? Bernd
From: Lem on 23 Jan 2010 13:12 Scott wrote: > I have a Toshiba R150 laptop pc and set up wireless connection at home and > works correctly. I also use it at various locations without any issues. > Recently, I encountered failure connection in two locations where are at our > suppliers. The first one was that I could not connect to the AP with given > password. I went together with my colleagues who worked with the AP without > issue. Yesterday, I visited another supplier who had an AP without any > password. My colleagues worked very well except me. I could connect the AP > but my computer always said my IP was same as others and failed to work > properly. I have no cure how to diagnostic it and trace the cause. Can > someone advise me how to track down the issues. > The last time something like this happened to me, it was because the laptop had a wireless-B (802.11b) adapter. Although many wireless-G routers are configured to work with both G and B, some routers may be set to wireless-G (802.11g) only. -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
From: Scott on 24 Jan 2010 11:38
Thanks for your advice. Let me search to see if I can find any latest driver and/or ConfigFree utility software. On 23/01/2010 11:51 PM, in article #Fh9qPEnKHA.1548(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl, "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Scott wrote: >> I have a Toshiba R150 laptop pc and set up wireless connection at >> home and works correctly. I also use it at various locations >> without any issues. Recently, I encountered failure connection in >> two locations where are at our suppliers. The first one was that I >> could not connect to the AP with given password. I went together >> with my colleagues who worked with the AP without issue. >> Yesterday, I visited another supplier who had an AP without any >> password. My colleagues worked very well except me. I could >> connect the AP but my computer always said my IP was same as others >> and failed to work properly. I have no cure how to diagnostic it >> and trace the cause. Can someone advise me how to track down the >> issues. > > Ensure you have the latest hardware device driver and software for your > wireless device from the wireless device manufacturer. > > Beyond that - you could just have a poor wireless device. |