Wireless connection not working with WEP key

brightbird · #1 August 25th, 2007, 12:08 AM

Hi,

I have just set up our home desktop and a laptop with a Zyxel 660hw (wireless/ethernet broadband router). Both run on windows XP. The desktop is connected with an ethernet cable and works fine. The laptop is connected with wireless (has a low signal but is still connected).

I set both computers and the router up with a WEP network key and suddenly the internet on the laptop wouldn't work: when configured to find an IP address automatically it came up with 169.254.190.116 - I understand this happens when windows can't find a DHCP server - and said "limited or no connectivity". Then I tried giving it a static IP address (DNS server, gateway etc are correct - match the desktop). With this the laptop connected to the wireless network fine, but still wouldn't go on the internet.

My problem appears to be the same as this one, as far as I can make out: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/in...937&forumid=18

Please help! I don't want to have to leave the network unsecured!

**z1p** · #2 August 25th, 2007, 09:12 PM

With WEP or WPA, this is usually because the password is incorrect. Check your WEP password (re-enter it the router and at the PC).

What do you have for a wireless adapter? Are you using windows zero config or a config tool that came with the adapter?

You may want to update the driver for the wireless adapter, also.