WLAN headache

[marty]

Hi,

I am still having problems with my Wireless USB dongle on the VU + DUo. I have put a new thread because I had multiple diff issues so this is fresh

I have currently plugges my wireless usb and it I select it in th Menu > Network. Then I have set the following:

Use Interface - yes
Use DHCP - no
IP Address - 192.168.1.18 (I chose this as its within my IP Address range on my netgear router)
NetMask - 255.255.255.0
Use a gateway - Yes
Gateway - 192.168.1.1 (ip to connect to the config page in Netgear)
Network SSID - MyWifi Name
Encryption - yes
Encryption Type - WEP
Encryption Keytype - ASCII
ENCRYPTION Key - <I typed my password here>

Prumary DNS - 194.168.4.100 (I am with VM)
Secondary DNS - 194.168.8.100 (these DNS entries are the ones showing in my router)

Can someone confirm what I am doing wrong as when I activate these settings it says "Your internet is not working".

On my router I got the MAC address of the VU+DUO and inputted this and 192.168.1.18 into the "Address Reservation" section but no luck

I am feeling depressed.

Thanks

Use DHCP!!!!

Your encryption is set to 'Keytype - ASCII' try changing to 'HEX' if switching to DHCP doesn't work.

I have mine set to HEX, didn't work on ASCII

Here's a few screenshots of mine and don't forget to reboot both router and VU+

http://www.vuplusduo.741.com/screenshot1.jpg

http://www.vuplusduo.741.com/screenshot2.jpg

http://www.vuplusduo.741.com/screenshot3.jpg

[sivhead]

If you have put the mac address in the address reservation of the router then you need to set Vu Duo Wireless to be DHCP. this will get a DHCP address from the router but it will always be the address specified in the reservation. (the fixed ip 192.168.1.18 ). It will then get the correct DNS entries and work ok.

P.S its not the MAC address of the LAN in the VU+ Duo you need to add to the reservations its the address of the wireless adaptor thats in the VU+ duo. TO get the MAC address of the usb dongle stick it in your pc load the drivers and open a command prompt and perform an IPconfig -all.