RE: Gettin wired from wireless

Dave,

One thing to note is that XP Service pack 2 has some additional
functionality for wireless that can make things easier for you.

Also, on SSID's, the big question is whether you are broadcasting the
SSID on your router.  If not, you need to create a new connection and
specify the SSID manually, it will not detect.  Once you get everything
working, it is good practice to disable the broadcast.  I would also
implement encryption, but there are different schools of thought on
that.

Jim Reinardy
Badger Meter, Inc.

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Greetings all,

I've gotten away from working with access points over the past couple of
years and I'm a bit rusty now.  At home I've got a Linksys 802.11b
2.4Ghz access point that I've had for a couple of years.  It works fine
with my old Windows 98 laptop and Netgear wireless card.  The SSID on
the laptop matches the access point and everything works great.

I'm taking a class at a local university and we were issued laptop's to
use that have built in wireless network cards.  Wireless network access
works great at the university and when plugged in with a cat-5 cable at
home but does nothing at home with the wireless.  The laptop is running
XP Pro and the built-in wireless adapter appears to be a Atheros
AR5001X+.  I did a Google search and got the impression that it can do
802.11a/b/g.

Is 802.11g backwards compatible with 802.11b?  Is it likely just a SSID
issue?  Do you care about SSID's with wi-fi?  Do I just need to learn to
like coffee and hang out at Starbucks instead of trying to work from
home?

Dave Parnin
--
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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