By Sparty (BonaireTalker - Post #72) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 10:39 am: |
When traveling, we occasionally (about 10% of time) run into a problem where our wireless connection will say "connected" but we cannot access the internet. It sometimes says the problem is with a firewall but even after we disable the firewalls, it still will not allow us to connect to the internet. Like I said, one hotel/motel works fine, next hotel or motel will be a problem. Any ideas?
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By Trevor Hibdige, Lac Bay Villa (BonaireTalker - Post #99) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 11:05 am: |
When any connection is made, the first thing the connection does is ask for a reference number. This number is called the IP Address and it is issued by the Master to the connectee like a temporary telephone number.
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By Sparty (BonaireTalker - Post #73) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 11:36 am: |
I will print off your instructions for use the next time I have the problem. If I understand you, the problem is not with my settings, but rather with the wireless provider/router. This is frustrating because on occasion I have called the desk to inquire about whether they are having problems and have been told "no, their system is working".
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2839) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 11:38 am: |
some times you have to type ipconfig /renew. It will ensure that you are reconnecting.. Also, in your set up, be sure that you have checked "automatically connect" Sometimes you will need to reboot your machine.
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By ChrisA (BonaireTalker - Post #40) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 2:07 pm: |
Also, some hotels will issue you an IP address, rather than allow your PC to obtain one automatically, and give you the settings such as gateway, subnet mask, proxy name to get out.
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By Sparty (BonaireTalker - Post #74) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 3:00 pm: |
When you say some hotels issue IP address, do you mean they provide you a verbal or written instruction or do you mean their system issues the address when you try to connect? I have never had anyone provide me an IP address, though I have had them give me a user name and password.
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By Freddie (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #9514) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 3:06 pm: |
I just found out this past weekend at a hotel that my home page will not bring up the internet.in order to use the password that the hotel had given me... I had to log onto something else like msn or google.. actually I got on more than once bringing up Bonaire Talk.. who knew??
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By ChrisA (BonaireTalker - Post #41) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 3:20 pm: |
Yes, some will give you certain settings to put in your computer to get you out. Basically there are two methods, they will have a server waiting for PC's to get on the network and automatically give them an address with the correct settings (DHCP) OR provide each guest with an IP (and other settings) to enter manually (static IP). Most networks are configured to give the addresses automatically when you boot up the machine. It is important that you have your wireless card "turned on" when you boot up or you will not get an address. This can happen if you are accustomed to using an ethernet cable to attach to a network. In that case, you would need to either reboot once your wireless is enabled (easiest) or release and renew as stated above.
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By Sparty (BonaireTalker - Post #75) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 5:55 pm: |
When traveling, we always shut off the computer so it boots up every time we turn it on. We never turn the wireless off because we have wireless at home as well. I checked the tools, connections, lan settings and I have the "automatically select settings" option turned on but below that is a box for "proxy server" that contains a box to be checked to "use a proxy server for your lan". That box is unchecked.
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By ChrisA (BonaireTalker - Post #42) on Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 6:13 pm: |
I feel your pain. I run our computer support department so whenever I travel for business I usually visit each travel companion at least once to get them connected. Sounds like you have everything set the best way to connect in most situations. We call it the 80/20 rule. If you can connect 80% of the time, you're doing pretty well. You're right about the hotel workers not being much help either.
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2844) on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 9:53 am: |
I continually have problems with some folks who have more than one wireless program/setup configured on their laptops..When all else fails I just plug em in on a LAN cable..problem solved.
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