Wireless Networking

We can help you fix your existing wireless network or we can help you securely setup and configure a wireless network for the first time.

If you wireless network does not connect properly, here are some settings you can check:

Do you have the wireless switch on your laptop turned to the ON position?

Do all wireless cards and NICS have the correct driver installed?

Is your router's SSID visible?

Are the "wireless standards" of your router and wireless card compatible? For example, a 802.11b/g router may allow you to set it as g-only, 802.11b mode will be disabled. If you try to connect with a 802.11b card, it will be invisible to the router.

What is signal strength like? Wireless routers reach only so far. The more objects the signal has to travel through the more attenuated the signal gets.

Has MAC address filtering been turned on in your router? If it has been turned on, try disabling it for troubleshooting purposes.

Is your router connected to your modem using the correct port?

Are you using the right security key (such as WPA or WEP) and have checked that you have typed it in correctly into your wireless configuration management utility?

Is your firewall set to allow WLAN connections?

Is your browser set to automatically detect settings or is it set to access the net via a proxy server?