Wireless Network Connection Properties

[Jonathan Wolfson]

Hello all,

My apartment contains a cable modem and netgear hub, and two computers
with wireless ethernet cards use this network. In the Windows XP
Wireless Network Connection Properties window, there are two available
networks. Mine, named Pusso, and the next door neighbor's, named
USR8054bsq. While I can connect through the next door neighbor's
network, when I connect to mine, Pusso, it says on the Network
Connections window that while the Wireless Network Connection is
enabled and functioning, the Internet Connection is disabled. When I
double-click it, it says "Connection Failed!" Anyone know why I cannot
seem to connect to the internet via my own network, but only through
my neighbors?

Thanks,

-Jonathan Wolfson

 

[Guest]

Have you enabled ICS on the internet connection on nyour home network.

At the same time, you see how important it is to activate some security on
your own netwrok. Use WEP security.

When you enable WEP, you can specify that a network key be used for
encryption. A network key might be provided for you automatically (for
example, it might be provided on your wireless network adapter), or you can
specify the key by typing it yourself. If you specify the key, you can also
specify the key length (40 bits or 104 bits), key format (ASCII characters or
hexadecimal digits), and key index (the location where a specific key is
stored). The longer the key length, the more secure the key. Every time the
length of a key is increased by one bit, the number of possible keys doubles.
For simplicity you can use your own 10 digit phone number eg. 01 23 45 67 89
as it is easy for you to remember and other will spend weeks trying to work
out waht oyur specific key is.

Under 802.11, a wireless station can be configured with up to four keys (the
key index values are 0, 1, 2, and 3). When an access point or a wireless
station transmits an encrypted message using a key that is stored in a
specific key index, the transmitted message indicates the key index that was
used to encrypt the message body. The receiving access point or wireless
station can then retrieve the key that is stored at the key index and use it
to decode the encrypted message body

 

[Jonathan Wolfson]

What exactly is ICS and how do I enable it?

Have you enabled ICS on the internet connection on nyour home network.

At the same time, you see how important it is to activate some security on
your own netwrok. Use WEP security.

When you enable WEP, you can specify that a network key be used for
encryption. A network key might be provided for you automatically (for
example, it might be provided on your wireless network adapter), or you can
specify the key by typing it yourself. If you specify the key, you can also
specify the key length (40 bits or 104 bits), key format (ASCII characters or
hexadecimal digits), and key index (the location where a specific key is
stored). The longer the key length, the more secure the key. Every time the
length of a key is increased by one bit, the number of possible keys doubles.
For simplicity you can use your own 10 digit phone number eg. 01 23 45 67 89
as it is easy for you to remember and other will spend weeks trying to work
out waht oyur specific key is.

Under 802.11, a wireless station can be configured with up to four keys (the
key index values are 0, 1, 2, and 3). When an access point or a wireless
station transmits an encrypted message using a key that is stored in a
specific key index, the transmitted message indicates the key index that was
used to encrypt the message body. The receiving access point or wireless
station can then retrieve the key that is stored at the key index and use it
to decode the encrypted message body