I was using a novatel wireless usb device in windows and linux without any problem but now I have to connect 2 pc’s. PC #1 runs windows & linux dual boot and connects thru a dlink dir 615 router to a cable modem. On this machine I can connect to the internet using windows 98 and linux mandrake 9. Another lan connection goes to a voip modem and works fine. My laptop is running windows vista premium and it see’s the router but I have to click reset ip from task bar to connect to internet, absolutely can’t connect to desktop machine (access denied) and during web browsing must constantly keep going to task bar to reset the ip every 1 to 2 minutes.
The network “currently connected to” icon goes from local+internet to limited then to local only.
My laptop can use wpa-personal and wpa-executive modes only. It has an unsecure wep mode but this mode causes vista to reboot with an illegal action was encountered … shutting down! Under Linux on the laptop, opensuse can’t seem to use wireless. It see’s it but has no ability to properly configure it.
router info:
dlink dir 615
MAC addr found
ip addr ok
mask 255.255.255.0
dhcp enabled
Wan:
mac addr found
dhcp connected
ip found
mask 255.255.255.0
gateway found
dns 1 & 2 found
Wireless:
ssid named
channel =auto
Encrypt =No
Windows:
host = dir 615
Mac = cloned
mode = WPA-pswd
Linux:
essid = same as for windows
mode = WPA-personal with passwrd key
shows different network address
shows different mask
shows different gateway
does not allow changes to configuration
pls help someone
