WIRELESS NETWORKING VISTA (BROKE)??!!??
SIMPLE CONFIG --
(1) SONIC TZ170 WIRELESS (WIDE OPEN) BROADCAST SSID (DHCP, NO SECURITY)
(1) XP BOX (CONNECTED VIA WIRELESS)
(1) DELL D610 LOADED WITH VISTA ULTIMATE (BUILT-IN INTEL WIRELESS CARD)
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XP BOX CONNECTSPULLS AN IP SURFS FINE
LAPTOP WILL NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME CONNECT TO MY WIRELESS CONNECTION.
ALL FIREWALLS TURNED OFF ON THE LAPTOP.
THE F'N NETWORK (NEW VISTA THING) A LITTLE CIRCLE KEPT SPINNING AROUND AROUND AROUND LOOKING TO IDENIFTY SOMETHING, PRIVATE VS PUBLIC)
SO.....
STUPID ME CALL ONLY AFTER 5 OR 6 LATE NIGHTS OFTOY-ING WITH THE WIRELESS NETWORKING BUILT INTO VISTA -- SO I HAD TO DO IT...JUST IN-CASE I WAS MISSING SOMETHING...MS (TECH SUPPORT LAST NIGHT) 2 HOURS WORKING WITH SOME TECH HE COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK EITHER) SO I'M SCHEDULED FOR AN ADVANCED NETWORKING PHONE TONIGHT FOR FURTHER TECH SUPPORT)
WILL POST MY OUTCOME...
BILL
1FASTEK
February 7th, 2007 9:47pm