On 27/01/2010 11:00, Anthony Anson wrote:
Not a lot of good - Mr. Brown will have to explain to BT that their bit of beryllium between their pole and their junction box is broken, and suggest to them that since I've been telling them this for around five years, a bit of (an?) expedition might not go amiss - which is why my connection is via Vogonfone.
Yes, indeed. I used the term "Real Soon Now" which is an old R&D term for "not in our lifetime".
Mind you, since I don't try to access video streaming, music and the like, the PAYG dongle only costs me - has only cost me up to now £2½ per month.
Cheap
I haven't got a router connected - I take the Eee into the Fat Cat, and so does Neville of this (ALUG) parish. We get the magic screed from the bar, and key it in. Neville's flaptop connects straight away, mine just sits there, claiming that it's connecting.
This happens every time.
Wireless connection works in my brother's house, at my sister's, in other pubs, friends' houses, but not at the Fat Cat. It doesn't reject the attempt, it just sits there smugly and pretends it's doing something.
The possibility is that the adapter either can't do whatever form of encryption the Fat Cat's router is doing or it could do if only it could figure out which form that is. Also, a WEP key is not case sensitive but the same string used for WPA IS case sensitive. But I would never dream to imply that there had been finger trouble. Find out which form of encryption is being used and make sure the adapter is attempting to use same.
Ken