Wireless router connection help please!

[awetum]

Okay ,I haven't posted in ages, and I'm doing so now to beg for pc help.

I just purchased a Rangemax Next Wireless N Router WNR834B. My wireless card is Intel (r) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN.

I've followed the wizards and the instructions and guidance I've found on the Netgear users forum. Despite all that, I'm still getting "limited connectivity

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[papachris]

add me on msn cweb2go@hotmail.com

or yahoo aslan1971@hotmail.com

I'll see if I can help you. no guarantees, but I have configured a few wifi connections in the past, although recently I had to do a lot of trial error configuration using Remote Assistance on MSN. meaning, I'd be going into your computer. If you're not comfy with that let me know, but I'd be willing to tackle this issue for you one way or another.

Chris

[awetum]

Hi Chris,

I'll add you when I get home tonight and be grateful for any help you can provide! I did get a link to a 4 page doc from the netgear dicussion board moderator. It's a bit like reading a foreign language, but I haven't looked closely at it.

Running to get ready for work now, but will be on tonight and look for you.

Thanks again!

[awetum]

Hi Chris!

I'm going to see if my friend's kid's boyfriend can do something since he's in the neighborhood. However, should that fail I'll be knocking!

Thanks again for the offer of assistance -- it's greatly appreciated!

N

[ladivinafemme]

I just helped a friend fix her wireless connection this past weekend, though it was a Linksys router. She had also set the router to WPA2-Personal, but her laptop had no option for that protocol. I switched them both to WPA, with TKIP encryption and everything was hunky-dory.

I don't know enough about wireless to know why WPA2-Personal would be better, though.

Oh, and (((((Nan & Yig))))) :)

[awetum]

It's my laptop I set to WPA2 Personal. The actual router just bundles a grouping of WPA-PSK (TKIP) + WPA2-PSK (AES). I don't actually get to choose. It's either that whole thing as a choice for security options, or "none." I did try WPA with TKIP, but I couldn't even get limited connectivity with that.

A friend's daughter's boyfriend is supposed to come give it a go. I guess he set hers up in about a minute, and he's a techie guy. If that fails, I'm going to call on Papa Chris!!

Thanks for the feedback. I might just try the WPA TKIP thingie again for kicks and giggles. (I even tried to create a hexadecimal security code cause that's what some one said.)

(((((((((((LaD and Scorp)))))))))))

[daraqw]

CNET has a whole bunch of posts about wireless (posted yesterday). I got a lot of useful info out of reading them and I'm still months away from having to set up a "new" wireless system. Seems the kind of walls you have can seriously wreck havoc. If you have old (think 1940-1960) plaster on wire lathe walls, you're screwed for wireless without some serious mucking around to find a place where the walls won't interfer.

[awetum]

I do actually have very old walls, horse hair plaster. But, I have no trouble at all connecting, from my house,to my neighbor's house. I have no trouble connecting to my router if I leave it unsecure. So basic connectivity doesn't seem to be an issue. I can be downstairs or up connected in either of those two ways and I'm good. It's just when I try to encrypt and stuff.

I'll have to go read their stuff. The folks on the netgear boards have offer me gobs of papers to read too so perhaps I'll be able to figure it out!

Thanks for the info!