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Configuring TrueMobile 2300 as wireless connection to cable modem for one computer
I want to use my TrueMobile 2300 router to provide a wireless connection to my cable modem for use only by my notebook (Inspiron 600M w/ TrueMobile 1400 WLAN mini-PCI card). All the documentation I've seen assumes you'll be setting up a network w/ a wired PC & one or more wireless ones, so I followed those setup instructions, starting w/ my notebook wired to the cable modem, then moving the cable to the router & connecting a second cable between my notebook and the router.
After this setup, I disconnected the second cable, and was able to make a wireless network connection w/ excellent signal strength (the status window shows packets sent but none received), but I can't get to the internet (just the usual "not found" window). If I reconnect the second cable between the notebook and router, or just move the cable from the router to the notebook, I can connect to the internet, so the cable modem itself is functioning.
I suspect this has something to do w/ DHCP, but I'm totally confused by what little documentation I've been able to find. I tried using the Setup Wizard to add the notebook as a second computer, but get the message "router not found", even though the notebook shows a wireless network connection. I saw Forum suggestions about using the on-line configuration tool instead of the apparently defective Setup Wizard, but of course can't get online unless I wire the notebook.
In what may or maynot be a related problem, I lose my wireless network connection after a few minutes. It immediately pops up an "available wireless networks" window, and I can re-connect w/o problem. Is this just a time out feature?
Can anybody explain what I'm doing wrong, or offer instructions/suggestions?
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Posted March 9th, 2004 09:00
I have the same problem.
When connected through cable, the router works perfectly, but going wireless I do not get any IP-address from the router...
- And yes:
- The router is set to provide DHCP
- The client WLAN-TCP/IP is set to automatically obtain an IP-adress.What is more irritating is that the Dell software insiste that no WLAN can be found, all the while Windows XP keeps telling me that a new WLAN has been found - This is true for bothe encrypted and unecrypted networks...
Any suggestions, besides "reset the router and start all over untill it works" (If this is the best, then why buy Dell in the first place?)
Regards Robert
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Posted March 9th, 2004 15:00
I finally got it to work, and wish I could tell you how. I kept turning off/on & resetting the cable modem, router & PC in different sequences, and all of a sudden it was working (although I'm afraid to turn off the modem & router now; I'm just leaving them on).177
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Posted March 10th, 2004 06:00
Just as expected - MS Windows have created global acceptance of this form of "solution" to computer problems!
But thanks, I guess I'll just have to as patient as you, and when it finally works, maybe I should burn a Dell logo as a ritual to prevent any power failures for the rest of the future...
It still bugs me though, that window can see the router and Dell's oh-so-nice setup program can't!
I'll post any progress i get.
/Regards
bstroud
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Posted February 22nd, 2004 22:00
I believe you can re-configure the router using the wired notebook, or the wired desktop: http://my.router That makes it a little easier to re-configure the router.
Maybe you can also reset your router by sticking a paperclip in the hole in the back. My 2300 works that way. The userid and password will both become admin.
Also, consider starting all over. I did that myself, several times!
If the notebook is losing the connection, check the signal strength by placing the mouse pointer over the icon in the system tray, lower right. It will indicate the signal strength.
My connection dropped every time a 2.4 GHz cordless phone was used. The 2300 router also works at 2.4 GHz.
Bill