we’re trying to get Cortex connected to the Internet, and find we can get most of the way there, but not make what we think is the last step ...
so we’re hoping someone can point us to the way through !
our set-up is :
Cortex PC running Windows XP Pro SP2
Solwise / RealTek USB WiFi (WPA) dongle plugged into the Cortex PC
3 MiFi unit (creates a WiFi hub for connection to the Cortex PC, MacBooks, iPad, iPhones, etc, and uses 3G to connect to the Internet, going via a Poynting coupler wired to a Poynting external aerial)
Windows tells us all’s fine hardware- & software-wise, and also signal-wise (WiFi signal strength 50% ±5%, quality 95-100%), but also that the connection is not complete, because the Network did not assign a network address to the computer ...
and when we ask for details, it says (where x stands for the actual numbers) :
Physical Address xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx
IP Address 169.254.xxx.xxx
SubNet Mask 255.xxx.x.x
Default Gateway -
DNS Server -
WINS Server -
so ... we’ve dug into Windows & Googled, but not really got anywhere ...
we wondered if ‘XP needed updating, perhaps in regard to WPA but, while MS offered downloads, the first we tried was only for SP1, and the second required verification that we were legitimate before it would be made available (Catch22 - we’d have to be connected before we could get the download that might enable us to be connected) ...
the answer is probably very simple, if only we knew where to find it ...
so, please ... anyone, any thoughts / experience / pointers ... ?
so we’re hoping someone can point us to the way through !
our set-up is :
Cortex PC running Windows XP Pro SP2
Solwise / RealTek USB WiFi (WPA) dongle plugged into the Cortex PC
3 MiFi unit (creates a WiFi hub for connection to the Cortex PC, MacBooks, iPad, iPhones, etc, and uses 3G to connect to the Internet, going via a Poynting coupler wired to a Poynting external aerial)
Windows tells us all’s fine hardware- & software-wise, and also signal-wise (WiFi signal strength 50% ±5%, quality 95-100%), but also that the connection is not complete, because the Network did not assign a network address to the computer ...
and when we ask for details, it says (where x stands for the actual numbers) :
Physical Address xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx
IP Address 169.254.xxx.xxx
SubNet Mask 255.xxx.x.x
Default Gateway -
DNS Server -
WINS Server -
so ... we’ve dug into Windows & Googled, but not really got anywhere ...
we wondered if ‘XP needed updating, perhaps in regard to WPA but, while MS offered downloads, the first we tried was only for SP1, and the second required verification that we were legitimate before it would be made available (Catch22 - we’d have to be connected before we could get the download that might enable us to be connected) ...
the answer is probably very simple, if only we knew where to find it ...
so, please ... anyone, any thoughts / experience / pointers ... ?
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