Problems connecting to internet wirelessly

[vinegar-tom]

Hi all,

Sorry to bother you...but I'm having a problem with my macbook.

I am trying to connect to my freinds wireless network to use the internet.
He has a BTVOYAGER router. I know the WEP key for it, and have successfully
connected to the network, but I can't access web pages or email. In system
prefs - network this message is displayed:

"Airport has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to
the internet"

If it is a case of adding information like 'DHCP addresses' or something to
the router, could you talk me through this slowly, as I don't know what they
are...

This is a screen shot of what I can see when I go into the router's settings
dialogue:

http://www.vinegartom.f2s.com/shot.jpg

Which parts of that - if any - need modifying?

I know that on a PC a WEP key is sufficient to use the network to access the
internet.

Any ideas? Let me know if you need more info.

Thanks,

vinegar-tom

 

[dubhe]

I had a similar problem when connecting to my Orange Livebox. We have three laptops in the house and any one could connect fine, but not more than one. I tried looking at the PC driver CD on my Dell laptop 😡 but in true windows fashion it wouldn't run properly! So, instead I just hooked up my D-Link router (from my old network) directly to the Livebox by cable and now connect all my computers wirelessly through that. D-Link router has better range anyway, and I also have a print server and storage adapter on it now, so no looking back 😀

It would appear the livebox needed to be set up for each additional computer, as the PC driver had an option for adding another computer to the network, but as I said I never got the driver to run...