[Leaplist] FC7 wifi

patrick pberry2 at cfl.rr.com
Wed Aug 22 17:47:56 EDT 2007


patrick wrote:
> I have a Compaq Evo that has an ADM8201 wifi card.  I grabbed an image
> of the FC7 from the school in order to learn more about how it all works.
> 
> Now, I have activated the wifi card, and it even worked at the school on
> wifi, but, here my wifi network is on my Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless - B
> and I have an iMac up on the wifi network.
> 
> Just wondered what is keeping it from logging on.  I can open the
> Linksys setup, but, right now, it is all reset to default.
> 
> I have the iMac next to the Compaq on the same table in the Living Room.
> They can 'see' the wifi router 20 feet away.  External Antennas are
> polarized in the vertical.  The iMac shows 8 bars out of ten max. in the
> strength meter.
> 
> The Compaq sees the Linksys router at 192.168.254.254 (according to the
> GUI program for networking), in the System utilities provided under
>> Menu>ADMINISTRATION.
> 
> Perhaps it is the lateness of the day.  I am brain dead...


Happy daze!!!

Everything is good, now, once I went into the browser and hit
>preferences and changed the IP!


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