wireless connection

[bignewt]

I have a question about my wireless connection, On my laptop i
indicates that I have excellant signal strength but have limited to n
connectivity! What gives? could it be my firewall? I am a rookie whe
it comes to wireless networking... any help would be appreciated..

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a question about my wireless connection, On my laptop it
indicates that I have excellant signal strength but have limited to no
connectivity! What gives? could it be my firewall? I am a rookie when
it comes to wireless networking... any help would be appreciated...

"Limited or no connectivity" means that:

1. The wireless network connection is configured to obtain an IP
address automatically, and:

2. It's unable to communicate with a DHCP server to obtain the
assignment.

I don't think that a firewall could be responsible.

Is there a DHCP server on the wireless network that you connect to? A
wireless router typically acts as a DHCP server, but it's possible to
disable that in the router.
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[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
It means that there is a strong signal and it can be received by the Laptop
but there is some miss configuration that does not allow viable connection
between the Laptop and the Wireless Router/Access Point.
There could be many reasons for it. So rather than to go through a trial
and error process, read these three short pages and you might be able to
resolve the problem.
My New Wireless does not work - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
Wireless, Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Alan Whimp]

Jack cud it be that he got the WEP code wrong cos i had a smiler problem n
that was the case i didnt type the WEP key in propley