I've recently installed an Orange / Inventel Livebox 4798, which (after some setup niggles - the boxes for entering WEP and product ID are flaky) works perfectly from my Dell WinXP-Pro PC via Ethernet cable. Great.
I've also installed a Speedtouch 121g WiFi USB dongle, which I bought from Orange, hoping for plug-n-play simplicity. When I eventually got the 121g working, all seemed well except that the connection kept dropping out every few minutes, even when the Livebox was brought right by the 121g (though I really want to site it elsewhere in the house). Signal strength was (not surprisingly) reported as excellent, and I could easily click to "repair" the radio connection, but that's a real nuisance, and rather defeats the object of "always-on" ADSL. I've tried changing channels, but that didn't help.
Now in desperation I tried a complete reinstall of the Livebox and the 121g. All seems OK (Livebox gets the ADSL OK, and a "Scan" in the 121g dialogue box finds the Livebox with good signal), but there is no actual radio connection, and the link info and IP info panels are blank. I think I've been here before but can't remember - what must I do at this point to get the 121g actually talking to the Livebox?
I've searched this forum (and ADSLGuide) for this problem, and the drop-outs, but to no avail. Any ideas? We have an 02 cellular mast a few hundred yards away - could that be interfering enough to break the WiFi link?
Does the timeout for the pairing (settable via the Livebox IP address) affect the system once it's been 'paired'? In other words is this like a time-out during normal operation?
Pairing is the automatic MAC address filtering system, it shouldn't really effect the connection once your adapter's MAC address in listed in associated devices on the livebox config.
As you've found the the signal strength indicator is not all that useful. Interference can effect any signal strength, it's possible the o2 (now Sky) mast is messing with it but it's hard to check interference without extra equipment.
If it's not connecting at the moment go to site survey, double click your livebox re-enter the WEP key (WPA-PSK mode), prefrably copy and paste it from the config, make sure the livebox is in pairing mode to be sure and click apply changes. Should then try to connect.
Normally after that I'd suggest changing channels.
Pairing is the automatic MAC address filtering system, it shouldn't really effect the connection once your adapter's MAC address in listed in associated devices on the livebox config.
Right, thanks, that's what I thought, but I was clutching at straws!
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As you've found the the signal strength indicator is not all that useful. Interference can effect any signal strength, it's possible the o2 (now Sky) mast is messing with it but it's hard to check interference without extra equipment.
Indeed.
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If it's not connecting at the moment go to site survey, double click your livebox re-enter the WEP key (WPA-PSK mode), prefrably copy and paste it from the config, make sure the livebox is in pairing mode to be sure and click apply changes. Should then try to connect.
Brilliant, that has worked and I now have the WiFi connection again. Many thanks!
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Normally after that I'd suggest changing channels.
I'll see how reliable the (new) connection is and keep that option in mind. Thanks again, you've been really helpful (and to many others, I see).
Just remember the icon in the corner. a green dot means it's connected, a red cross means it's not so you should be able to go back in double click the listing, apply changes straight away as you know the key is correct and it should just reconnect.
I have one of those adapters on a 98 system, it's rather tempramental but I blame windows 98 for that because I know it pretty well.
I thought you'd like to know that after resorting to a complete re-installation of the Livebox and the Speedtouch 121g USB device, that all seemed to work (after a lot of finger trouble, the software is really flaky), with good signal strength and so on. On your suggestion I re-entered the WEP code into the Speedtouch Configuration dialogue box and - bingo! All working, and so far no drop-out even though the Livebox is now in a different room (about 50 - 60% signal and 18 - 24Mbs speed).
On the strength of this, I've bought a second-hand Airport card for my wife's old Apple iBook and we're hoping to get that working wirelessly as well. If not, "I'll be back" ;-)
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