have wireless enabled laptop - says its picked up a network - but then when I go & double click on internet explorer - says page not available
now this was on a network i was piggybacking on, it said it did require a key but i chanced my arm and it said it was connected but still wouldnt get on to the net
It did work perfectly before on the Mall on a network with NO key required so
it could be the network as well maybe
thoughts, suggestions, ideas, drunken ramblings all welcome
only information needed then is an IP address for you, an IP address of the machine you will send everything through (the gateway...to the internet) and an IP address for the machine that will convert other computers IP addresses to names, a DNS server.
using DHCP will abstract this craziness from the user. set your windows box to DHCP for this. or get a DHCP client and run it on the network. should flood to 255.255.255.255 ('cause it doesn't know where it is, does it?) and get a response from a DHCP server if there is one listening.
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No probably about it you need the key. Its connecting because it dosen't have a hardware block on your laptop (mac filtering) but its being stopped going any further by the router once the connection is made.
Most people would have DHCP enabled on their router so the key is all you need. There is no way around this save trying to hack the key and if its 128bit or more you have your work cut out.
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