No WLan connection on 2nd laptop.

**Archangel** · 11-17-2006, 10:09 AM

Well... i have 2 almost identical Dell laptops here are work, and i have a Wireless Ethernet bridge.

On 1 of the laptops, the connection to the ethernet bridge is just peachy. on the other one however,... the sent packets is rising, but the recieved counter is staying on 0.. windows sais its connected ( the network is secured with a 64bit WEP key, wich is also entered and recognized)
yet it doesnt connect to the device connected propperly.

( the device connected is a Profibus/MPI-PPi to Ethernet adapter for Siemens PLC's. but like i said, what i intended to do with it work fine on 1 of the 2 laptops,.. but doesnt work ont he other one)

Also.. i have only 1 laptop connected to it at a time, to prevent possible conflicts.

Well,.. i've been busy with it for quite some time already,.. and now i'm at the point where i just dont see it anymore atm.

anyhow.. any suggestion is is welcome ofc ( Im pretty sure its the WLan stuff in windows )

**The_Other_One** · 11-17-2006, 10:46 AM

Check your network settings. Is the IP address correct? Gateway? Can you ping the router? Have you tried without a WEP? Have you tried Ad Hoc(mostly to test out the card

)

**Archangel** · 11-17-2006, 11:00 AM

well.. its and Ad-Hoc connection actually.

I havnt tried to ping it yet (does that work with WLan? :x ) when i tried repair the connection, it first said 2 operations failed.. renewing the IP and flushing the ARP-cache.
Now.. I entered a manual IP (was on automaticly obtain) and the IP error message disappeared... the ARP-cache one is still there tough.. and i have not a clea what can do about it

tlarkin · 11-20-2006, 01:37 PM

I am kind of sure you can only bridge two devices together, and that would explain why one can connect but the other can not. You may need to bridge it to a wireless device that can repeat, or depending on your configuration run something like wireless bridge + WDS mode.

I haven't ever personally set up a bridge + WDS but I am sure it works.

11-17-2006, 10:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,242	No WLan connection on 2nd laptop. Well... i have 2 almost identical Dell laptops here are work, and i have a Wireless Ethernet bridge. On 1 of the laptops, the connection to the ethernet bridge is just peachy. on the other one however,... the sent packets is rising, but the recieved counter is staying on 0.. windows sais its connected ( the network is secured with a 64bit WEP key, wich is also entered and recognized) yet it doesnt connect to the device connected propperly. ( the device connected is a Profibus/MPI-PPi to Ethernet adapter for Siemens PLC's. but like i said, what i intended to do with it work fine on 1 of the 2 laptops,.. but doesnt work ont he other one) Also.. i have only 1 laptop connected to it at a time, to prevent possible conflicts. Well,.. i've been busy with it for quite some time already,.. and now i'm at the point where i just dont see it anymore atm. anyhow.. any suggestion is is welcome ofc ( Im pretty sure its the WLan stuff in windows ) __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

11-17-2006, 10:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,368	Check your network settings. Is the IP address correct? Gateway? Can you ping the router? Have you tried without a WEP? Have you tried Ad Hoc(mostly to test out the card ) __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

11-17-2006, 11:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,242	well.. its and Ad-Hoc connection actually. I havnt tried to ping it yet (does that work with WLan? :x ) when i tried repair the connection, it first said 2 operations failed.. renewing the IP and flushing the ARP-cache. Now.. I entered a manual IP (was on automaticly obtain) and the IP error message disappeared... the ARP-cache one is still there tough.. and i have not a clea what can do about it __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

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11-20-2006, 01:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,942	I am kind of sure you can only bridge two devices together, and that would explain why one can connect but the other can not. You may need to bridge it to a wireless device that can repeat, or depending on your configuration run something like wireless bridge + WDS mode. I haven't ever personally set up a bridge + WDS but I am sure it works.