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Posted by antons on February 4, 2006, 6:10 pm
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I recently purchased a Z60m with wireless capability, along with a Linksys
WAP54G wireless access point. I have already spent the better
part of three hours with Indian tech support..........and to no avail. I
get plenty of signal strength, but no wireless net connection......I'm
thinking of
throwing in the towel and returning the thing in total frustration. Any
suggestions for an easier, more compatible (?) unit in the hundred dollar
and less range to recommend.
Thanks- Anton
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Posted by Charlie Hoffpauir on February 4, 2006, 9:18 pm
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On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:10:18 GMT, antons@optonline.net wrote:
>I recently purchased a Z60m with wireless capability, along with a Linksys
>WAP54G wireless access point. I have already spent the better
>part of three hours with Indian tech support..........and to no avail. I
>get plenty of signal strength, but no wireless net connection......I'm
>thinking of
>throwing in the towel and returning the thing in total frustration. Any
>suggestions for an easier, more compatible (?) unit in the hundred dollar
>and less range to recommend.
>
>Thanks- Anton
I'd think that unit would be quite good. I have the WRT54G, which is
the "router" version, and it works just fine. I'd suspect the problem
is something between the chair and the keyboard. (Who is Indian Tech
support?)
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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Posted by antons on February 5, 2006, 11:00 am
Please log in for more thread options Hello, and thanks for your response. My setup is the following: a DSL
modem connects to a four port Siemens router (which is connected to
a CNC machine, a networked printer and one laptop directly), with the fourth
port to a Linksys EZXS55W 5 Port Workgroup switch. One of the
five ports goes to the Linksys WAP54G WAP. Everything, EXCEPT the
wireless connection, works flawlessly. By the way, I've been using
computers since 1988, have built several of them etc. etc.
The WAP installation CD makes the install process seem like it would be
1,2,3...........and it's not the case. First thing I needed to do was
change the default IP range of the WAP to 192.168.253................ which
tech support walked me through. That's as far as I got. I have tried
changing and cancelling all security encryption settings. Didn't make a
difference. For testing purposes, I have the Thinkpad z60m about
ten inches from the WAP. There is no connection.
What am I missing here? As regards my criticism of Linksys tech
support..........three calls so far have all ended in "do you have another
wireless connection to test the the WAP with?" And well, sir, if you don't
have another connection to test the unit with..........and blah, blah.
Why not print on the box the following- "Only for users who have other
wireless connections to troubleshoot with........."
Thanks-
Anton
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Posted by qp@iname.com on February 5, 2006, 3:26 pm
Please log in for more thread options I don't think that there are any WAPs that work any better with
Thinkpads. I use Dlink almost exclusively with my Thinkpads but then
again, they work fine with all the other laptop brands I've had in the
past as well.
The linksys products I've used in the past have usually worked just
fine and were relatively simple to set up. Does the WAP seem like it's
getting a connection to the network? Also, are you using DHCP on the
wireless end to acquire a IP address? If so, is the router issuing you
one? Just because you're making a connection with the WAP doesn't mean
that you're getting an IP. It's a silly question but one I had to ask.
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Posted by eM eL on February 4, 2006, 9:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options >I recently purchased a Z60m with wireless capability, along with a Linksys
> WAP54G wireless access point. I have already spent the better
> part of three hours with Indian tech support..........and to no avail. I
> get plenty of signal strength, but no wireless net connection......I'm
> thinking of
> throwing in the towel and returning the thing in total frustration. Any
> suggestions for an easier, more compatible (?) unit in the hundred dollar
> and less range to recommend.
What are you trying to connect to via the access point..? The Internet?
Another computer? The Almighty..?
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><eM eL><
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