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jerhawk

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:56 pm

Joined: 21 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

I have 2 laptops, a sony and a samsung. Thesony is paired with the livebox and always works/connects as soon as it's on. The samsung p28 just will not connect even after entering the WEP key. I have tried just about everything to get the livebox to pair with it but nothing seems to work. Does anybody have any suggestions or had similar problems and managed to resolve them?

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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:56 pm

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pluggy

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:26 pm

Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 158

Push button1 on the livebox and then pair it inside 10 minutes ?

jerhawk

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:10 pm

Joined: 21 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

Like I said, the Sony laptop is paired with the livebox and works fine.
The samsung laptop will not pair with the livebox. I can see the wireless network but it will not connect even with the correct network key. I have tried pairing the laptop with the live box (by pressing "1" on the livebox until the red light flashes) but it simply does not connect. Has anyone else had the same problem? I have tested the wireless in the samsung by connecting to another wireless network and it connects straight away. The settings as far as I can see are the same on both laptops, and the samsung connects fine via an ethernet cable.

Any help would be extremely grateful.

vickyoneill

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:44 pm

Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 1

Me too! I have a similar problem!

I am staying in a Gite in France which has a broadband facility. I have the WEP code from the owners - and my laptop finds the wireless network no problems.

I click on the link and enter the WEP key - but it just says "error connecting", the same thing on my MAC too.

Does it mean the owners have to be at the box to click the paring button when I try to connect? and for each laptop? If so, which button is it?

Or is there something else they have to do?

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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:44 pm

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ThomasA

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:56 pm

Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 302

Before trying to connect, you need to put the livebox into pairing mode by pressing button 1 on the livebox. The livebox will then be in pairing mode for 10 minutes.

This needs to be done when connecting each computer for the first time to the livebox.

jerhawk

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:53 am

Joined: 21 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

I finally managed to pair the samsung laptop by downloading a utility called MagicLan from wireless-drivers.com, so i guess it was not just a livebox issue - there must have been some hidden settings on the wireless adapter.

darmok

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:07 pm

Joined: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

yes i have has the same problem pairing PSP game consoles, certain consoles pair straight away, while others wont pair at all, no matter what you do to button 1.

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