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Sergey K
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Hey guys, here is the story. i've bought new laptop, and i also bought a wireless (connection searcher) called "Dynamode" that uses the USB for connection.

here is how it looks like:


now, im using a program called RaUl (Ralink) or whatever it called.
i've found lots of ppls that i can connect to. i selected one, clicked on CONNECT, and i've got small icon at the bottom > left side of the screen that shows it have been connected successfuly.




and in same time i see the connection icon in the next picture becomes "available" from "unavailable"


and thats the teh problem for me. everything seens right, and everything seems working, but i still cant browse the internet.. i dont know why.. althought i know that the whole "connections" tab inside the Internet Properties is empty - wich is not supposed to be like that. i guess the problem is that i need to create a dial-up for the connection or something like that. so the IE's can see it.

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Robin
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Posted: 12th Apr 2008 00:19
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Um...is that your connection that you're connecting to? It's illegal to connect to a network belonging to someone else that you haven't paid for (eg your neighbours network). Also in most home networks you have to press a button on the router before you connect first time.

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Sergey K
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here in israel, the markets are selling those adapters and in title they typing "you want FREE internet connection?" and stuff like that..
that means, everyone connects to everyone. and if the guy dont want us to connect to him self, he will set password... thats easy. and besides, read some news about computer marketing here in israel, check the price of the internet per month (around 10$)

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Agent Dink
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Quote: "(around 10$)"


I hope you aren't implying that 10$ a month is really expensive, because that's half the price of the US's slowest high speed internet connections.

It's possible you can't connect because you don't have the WPA codes for those connections as well.

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Sergey K
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Posted: 12th Apr 2008 00:51 Edited at: 12th Apr 2008 00:55
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whats WPA means?
you sure its not WPS or something?

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oh there are also servers that dont requre WPA...

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bitJericho
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WPS is a word perfect document. WPA is "WiFi Protected Access"


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Posted: 12th Apr 2008 01:38 Edited at: 12th Apr 2008 01:48
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WPA-PSK is an encryption method used on WiFi connection. Basically you need the password or the router will kick you. I expect it's the conncetions with a key symbol on.

As well as the encryption protection people can allow/block users by MAC address. This is like the phone number of you network device. If the router sees a MAC address it doesn't recognise it will be recorded and wait for aproval by the router admin user before access is granted.

Signal strength 10% is not enough to get a stable connection. You are not close enough to the wifi point. I'd estimate you need a 50% signal to get a stable 10mbps connection.

If the router has DHCP switched off you will also need an IP address, subnet mask, gatway address (the routers ip) so you can join their LAN and you'll need a DNS address to get the internet address translation (web pages) working.

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Oh I guess wps in the wifi world means:

Quote: "Wireless Provisioning Service; provides a standards-based and integrated platform to simply provision and manage their Wi-Fi hot spots. WPS allows users of Windows XP to connect to Wi-Fi hot spots with a seamless sign-up process and enables a more secure wireless network access."



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