Hello!
I've got a GigaByte GN-WMAG WiFi card, which uses
an Atheros AR5212 802.11abg chipset. On Windows
ME, I installed the latest driver made by GigaByte.
The AP is a Linksys WRT-54G running OpenWrt firmware.
The driver comes with a tool called "G-EsLink
Utility", which allows to easily enter the
WEP key and set authentication mode. I entered
my WEP key. After a reboot, the tool shows the
Link-Status as "Associated", which means two
things:
1) Connection is (on a low level) possible and made
2) Correct WEP key
To make things a bit easier, I decided (for now)
to use static IP address assignment: 192.168.1.4/255.255.255.224,
Default GW: 192.168.1.1. 192.168.1.1 is the IP of
the AP/Router.
But even with this static assignment, I cannot connect
to the network - even a simple "ping 192.168.1.1"
fails - 4 misses out of 4.
Why is the networking not working and how can I debug
it further, so that it'll work eventually?
Thanks a lot,
Alexander Skwar
PS:
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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 03 Oct 2005 09:44 GMT
>Hello!
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>Alexander Skwar
While troubleshooting, disable WEP on the access point and computer,
and disable any firewall program on the computer. Don't enable them
until everything else is working
Try a wired connection to the router. Does pinging work then?
Check for MAC address filtering on the router.

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