Connected to unsecured wireless network but can't access internet

Discussion in 'Wireless Networking' started by The Old School, Nov 26, 2005.

  1. The Old School

    The Old School Guest

    I have a belkin wireless network router, unsecured and can access it
    fine with my laptop. Where I live I can detect 6 wireless networks from
    local houses and several of these are unsecured. Sometimes the signal
    from one of these is stronger than my own router and my laptop connects
    to it, succesfully, but in all cases I can't access the internet
    although it says "status:connected" and "signal strength: excellent" -
    I just get "page not found". It's not really a problem but has anyone
    an idea of what's going on? I'm using XP SP2 and Windows Zero
    Configuration.
     
    The Old School, Nov 26, 2005
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  2. The Old School

    Ryan Younger Guest

    Firstly you should make sure that your wireless adapter is set to connect to
    access points (infrastructure) only, you should then ensure that your
    wireless network's SSID is at the top of the preferred networks list.

    It would also be wise to run netstumbler and see what channel the other
    networks are broadcasting on and attempt to set the channel of your access
    point to a channel which is at least three away from the other AP's near to
    you (http://www.netstumbler.com/).

    One question, do you have a Belkin wireless router or a Belkin combo ADSL
    modem with wireless router?


    --
    All the best,

    Ryan Younger.
    http://spaces.msn.com/members/wirelessnetworking/ - Ryan's Wireless
    Networking Weblog

     
    Ryan Younger, Nov 26, 2005
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    The Old School Guest

    Ryan

    Thanks for the reply. It's a "ADSL Modem with built-in Wireless Router"
    model F5D7630-4A. Will try your suggestions

    Tony
     
    The Old School, Nov 27, 2005
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