Re: [NTLK] Wireless Help?

Ian,
I've been lurking without contributing so far, because other folks
seem more knowledgeable than me about all this.

I just tested my card, inserting it into the newt and then clicking
"setup" in the resulting Slip. If I choose "Infrastructure" as the
Mode, I get "Channel 1 (ignored)," as you mention. But if I switch to
either of the options ("ad-hoc" or "ad-hoc (old-fashioned"), then I
do get the option of selecting a channel.

I'm getting DHCP with no trouble from my Airport Extreme, set to b/g.
Also an Airport Express at work and a Linksys of some sort at my
printer's place. (My card is a Lucent Wavelan Turbo Silver.

I was going to try a manual setup with my hardware just to see if I
could replicate your problem, but I have folks in the house using the
wireless.

Some more or less random thoughts:

I wonder if the Newt thinks you are connected because you used manual
connection — in other words, if you set it to manual, the Newt just
assumes you know what you are doing, rather than checking it out to
see whether a connection really exists.

I wonder if you can test the card by using it in a laptop?

If in fact a connection to the router is happening, it does seem as
though the problem is a DNS server problem.

As I mentioned, other folks here are clearly more knowledgeable than
me about this, but I wonder whether it might be worth going back
fiddling about to try to get the DHCP to work. If you're successful,
it will give you more connection options.

Cheers!

Greg
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Greg Hankins
Happy Hank's Honey House
Mt. Gilead, NC
ghankins@mac.com

On Dec 25, 2007, at 2:43 AM, Ian P. Currie wrote:

> HMM!
>
> I have tried both modes, but you raise a new one for me here with
> "picked the appropriate channel."
>
> When I put the card in, the section for channel says "1 (ignored)"
> and
> I am unable to change the setting. I assume because it is ignored
> anyway... still, I tried restricting my router to channel 1. Didn't
> help.
>
> Should I be able to switch channels on the Newton?
>
> I.
>
>
>> Are you using the card in Infrastructure or adhoc mode? I was having
>> similar issues when the card was set to Infrastructure mode. I
>> switched to adhoc, picked the appropriate channel, and it solved my
>> problem.
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Received on Tue Dec 25 13:06:23 2007