Windows ME and Wireless Networking - Failure to Connect

Mart / Mike,

Thanks for your help guys.

I came to this forum having had a frustrating experience with the Orange
Helpline with responses like " it must be trouble with your dongle / PCICMA
card - you need to talk to the manufacturer".

I tried the Orange e-mail support yesterday (with a summary of all of our
investigations / trials) and got the following reply:


<quote>


Thank you for your email.

We understand your concern.

You cannot have a wireless connection with Livebox for Windows ME,
however you can have a wired connection with it.

You can follow the link below for more help on wired connection:

http://help.orange.co.uk/sessionBegin.do?solutionId=kb4645

If you have any further queries then please do not hesitate to get in
contact with us again.

Kind Regards

</quote>


I think I will be looking for another Broadband provider when this contract
expires.

Thanks,

Robin


"Mart" wrote:

> Sorry it was unsuccessful Robin. As I said, I'm not really into Networking,
> but it had to be worth a try.
>
> Good luck
>
> Mart
>
>
>
> "Robin CB" <RobinCB.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0F7EE633-6886-4F10-BD6C-73D2482B498C@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Guys,
> >
> > I tried Mart's suggestion and found 2 devices in the history (in addition
> > to
> > my main XP machine) and removed them.
> >
> > I'm afraid it hasn't allowed connection though.
> >
> > Robin
> >
> >
> > "Mike M" wrote:
> >
> >> Mart <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm not really into Networking but your problem sounds similar to a
> >> > couple experiences I had with my BT HomeHub router. I found that if a
> >> > working dongle or PCMCIA card on one PC was transferred to another,
> >> > like yours it could see the router but wouldn't shake hands.
> >> >
> >> > I ended up by 'removing' or Deleting it/them from the list of
> >> > (previously) detected devices under the Configuration settings of the
> >> > Router (using another PC) and then let the router re-detect the
> >> > dongle/PCMCIA card and set it up again.
> >> >
> >> > I never bothered to work out why, but did wonder if it had something
> >> > to do with possibly duplicated Physical or IP address settings. All
> >> > other (working) wireless/USB devices showed unique addresses.
> >> >
> >> > Sorry if it doesn't relate, but it did work here. Good luck.
> >>
> >> An interesting observation Mart and a very different experience from my
> >> own. My current router (SpeedTouch 585v6 v6.1.4.3 firmware [later
> >> firmware exists but does not support telnet access]) keeps a history of
> >> all attached devices, last allocated IP address (if variable) and in the
> >> case of wired hardware, the router port to which last connected. In fact
> >> this is perhaps one of its better implemented features.
> >>
> >> Let's hope this helps Robin with his problem.
> >> --
> >> Mike Maltby
> >> mike.maltby.DeleteThis@gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Robin,

Thanks for posting back however to be honest I'm not sure I believe what
Orange are saying. Please keep and eye on this NG as I've pinged someone
called Steve Winograd and asked him to have a look at this thread and see
if he can help. Steve's forgotten more about networking than I've ever
known so it is possible that he may be able to help you.

> I think I will be looking for another Broadband provider when this
> contract expires.

Have a look at ThnikBroaband for UK ADSL suggestions. As for Orange I
can't help but note the various negative comments about their service
posted in response to the article "Orange Broadband sales drop by half "
(http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/3527.html) such as "Worst provider I
have ever been with. Regular problems, diabolically useless 'customer
service' and slow connection." (weasle).
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby.RemoveThis@gmail.com


Robin CB <RobinCB.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Mart / Mike,
>
> Thanks for your help guys.
>
> I came to this forum having had a frustrating experience with the
> Orange Helpline with responses like " it must be trouble with your
> dongle / PCICMA card - you need to talk to the manufacturer".
>
> I tried the Orange e-mail support yesterday (with a summary of all of
> our investigations / trials) and got the following reply:
>
>
> <quote>
>
>
> Thank you for your email.
>
> We understand your concern.
>
> You cannot have a wireless connection with Livebox for Windows ME,
> however you can have a wired connection with it.
>
> You can follow the link below for more help on wired connection:
>
> http://help.orange.co.uk/sessionBegin.do?solutionId=kb4645
>
> If you have any further queries then please do not hesitate to get in
> contact with us again.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> </quote>
>
>
> I think I will be looking for another Broadband provider when this
> contract expires.