grafx1 Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 (edited) Please, can i connect wireless to the access point fot the first time to make configuration, or i had to be on a pc connected wired to the lan ?there's only one cable coming to me from neighbours...it's a linksys G access point, i also have win Vista. Thanks. Edited November 4, 2007 by grafx1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 to configure an access point for the very first time it is recommended that you connect to it from the LAN side.why are you connecting to your neighbours access point? what are you trying to achieve?thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafx1 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 to configure an access point for the very first time it is recommended that you connect to it from the LAN side.why are you connecting to your neighbours access point? what are you trying to achieve?thanksno, we are sharing dsl, so i have a cable from my neighbours, but i'm thinking of getting an access point for me...also, if it's located in one room with open door, can all rooms have a good connection ?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 If your neighbour has the router at his house and it is configured as a DHCP server you should be able to buy an access point, and configure that to obtain an IP by DHCP and plug it in and it should work, remember to configure security on it too. I hope i have understood you correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafx1 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 Thanks, the problem is that i want to connect the access point to the cable, then log into it wirelessly and configure it, or i can't do it like that ?as it is one cable... or can i connect it directly to the pc through direct cable to configure it first ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 yes connect to the access point first with an ethernet cable and then put the settings in. Then plug it into your neighbours cable and if you configured it right it will work P.S post back if you need help with any paticular settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafx1 Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 (edited) yes connect to the access point first with an ethernet cable and then put the settings in. Then plug it into your neighbours cable and if you configured it right it will work P.S post back if you need help with any paticular settingsPlease help, I’d got the access point DLink g700ap and configure it to obtain automatic ip address, as this access point has a default ip 192.168.0.50Our network has the range of 10.0.0.xI’ve win vista premiumNow it refuses to connect !! the wireless button is "on" on laptop, and security is opened (no security) on the access point.i'd also make it open with wep enabled on both vista and access point, but no way..., vista see the access point but refuses to connect.Please help me…thank you for your support. Edited November 8, 2007 by grafx1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 1) reset the access point to defaults by pressing the button on the back with a pin2) connect to the access point with a ethernet cable on the LAN side3) connect to 192.168.0.50 in your browser4) find DHCP server on the access point and turn it off5) find "LAN IP" (192.168.0.50) and change it to an ip on your network that is not in use such as 10.10.10.100, check the subnet mask as i notice you are using 255.255.255.0 when it should infact be 255.0.0.0.6) give your self a static ip eg 10.10.10.997) "Ping" the access point8) if it replies then try to connect wirelessly to it9) "ping" it wirelessly10) connect it to the neighbours routerit now should work. if not troubleshoot as follows:1) ping the access point2) ping the neighbours router3)ping googles ip - 66.249.81.994)ping google by nameif any of the steps fail you can determine where the problem is (most) likely name resolution will cause an issue in this case, but give it a go and let us know if you need more help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafx1 Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 (edited) thanks for your supportyes eyeball, there was a conflict between the ip address of the AP and the network, so make it automatic as changing it manually fails.then i corrected the wep encryption key as i was thinking it is only a password, but it must be a~f 1~9then it didn't also connect, at this point, i rolled back to the previous drivers of my nic and.... it Worked i'm using now wep 64 bit security, is this ok ? also, when i boot vista takes a long time identifying network and there is an X sign between AP and Globebut when i click diagnose it connect to the internet and says there is no problem !!Edit: i'd disabled ip v6 and link layers protocols, i think it is ok now...Thanks for your time and help Edited November 9, 2007 by grafx1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 cool, glad you got it sorted i think WEP 64 bit is rather weak but with MAC filtering and hiding your SSID i think you will be relativley safehowever my prefered level of encryption would be WPA-PSKcheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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