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Title: unable to connect to wireless
Post by: hussle87 on May 25, 2010, 06:08:48 PM
I cant seem to connect to the internet on the wireless side (it just hangs and doesn't get an IP)  but I can on the wired side what could be the problem. I called tech support and they couldn't help. FYI computers running on win 7 and XP. Modem SB 6120. Let me know if you need any more info.
Title: Re: unable to connect to wireless
Post by: Mackerel on May 25, 2010, 07:32:26 PM
Have you set the routers' SSID, WEP/WPA[2] protection, b/g/n same on clients? Can you 'see' router in site survey on clients?
Title: Re: unable to connect to wireless
Post by: hussle87 on May 26, 2010, 12:35:40 PM
yes I can see it on the site survey. It just hangs when getting an ip address.
Title: Re: unable to connect to wireless
Post by: Tired Techie on May 26, 2010, 01:01:16 PM
You may be the victim of the  "wireless restart".

I recently put a Windows 7 machine (hardwired) on my network. Windows 7 uses IPv6 which confuses the router and causes it to restart the wireless connections often - thus the dropped connections seen on the wireless. The evidence of the wireless restarts is seen in the router log file.

I turned off IPv6 on Windows 7 and the problem seems to be gone.
Title: Re: unable to connect to wireless
Post by: hussle87 on May 26, 2010, 02:54:30 PM
How can I fix My XP system?
Title: Re: unable to connect to wireless
Post by: Tired Techie on May 26, 2010, 03:49:22 PM
Try turning off IPv6 on the Windows 7 machine and see if the XP machine's problem goes away.

It was IPv6 that was whacking my router and affecting everyone else.
Title: Re: unable to connect to wireless
Post by: hussle87 on May 26, 2010, 04:56:18 PM
On the XP machine do I just need to try connecting again or do I need to reset something?
Title: Re: unable to connect to wireless
Post by: hussle87 on May 26, 2010, 08:28:32 PM
I tried that thing with no luck! any other guesses? Should I reset the router and start from scratch?