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Connectivity
This forum discusses any connectivity issues you have with the wireless network. |
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Matthew J. Sanders
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If you are a MAC OSX user and you find that you are unable to associate with the LAWN, or you are unable to get an IP address using DHCP, you might find success by re-entering the WEP key.
When you do so, you should use the hex key that is provided on this site, not the ASCII version if you think you know it. It also seems to help if you specify the wireless security as "WEP 40/128bit hex" instead of using "WEP password". |
Philippe Sucosky
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Is anybody experiencing problems to connect to the wireless network in the Love building? I could connect without any problem before the break and now the connection icon in the system tray says "low connectivity" and I'm unable to access the LAWN login page. Any suggestion? |
Justin James Pepple
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I recently have been experiencing very long delays from the time I log-on to Windows XP Pro (SP2) to the time all the services load up and I am able to run applications. I only experience this problem when I am on GaTech's campus in a Wireless enabled building. For example, when I'm at my house (equipped with basic Wifi router) I have no problems booting up--I logon within seconds. However, at GT everytime I turn my laptop on it takes 5 minutes from the time I log-on to windows to the time I'm able to run applications. Many times it just hangs with no response. When I turn off the wireless radio manually on the computer it boots and logs-on fine...no delay. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem and if so what solutions I might try. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the Wireless connection waiting for an IP address or something (since I don't have this problem at home). This scenario is 100% reproducible over and over again (home vs. GT). Any ideas? |
GT40
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where can I find non-wireless ports that I can connect to? |
Benjamin James Heiskell
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Im running windows drivers (ndiswrapper) on linux, works ok except in the CoC. Any thoughts or similar problems? |
Kun Xu
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I've had problem this entire morning with lawn, both with cable and wireless. The lawn login page never shows up, but this signal strength is exellent. |
Emily C. Hobdy
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I have followed all of the steps in setting up for the Windows XP versions. However, I am still unable to login on, signal strength is strong. But I am unable to use the internet explorer. |
Selim Sermet Akbay
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I have a problem with the LAWN wireless since last Friday (May 6th 2005) for the last 6 days.
I get connected as usual, but every 4 minutes, the DNS is gone and so is my connection. Explorer/Firefox keeps "looking for host x", pings to DNS and gateway does not comeback. However, the GTwireless signal strength is the same.
When I say "repair", everything turns to normal. But just for 4 more minutes, after that the same problem.
I am in TSRB and I experience this problem only in some parts of the building. |
Jacquelyn Dee Banas
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I have that same 4-minute type problem-- I keep getting dropped in the Physics building. It's more of 2 minutes or less sometimes-- very unreliable connection. It's been this way for the last few weeks in this building, lecture halls 2 and 4. |
Joves Yung-Hsiang Luo
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I have the dreaded Intel 2200BG wireless card in my Dell Inspiron 600M. I have read many forums with no luck and was hoping someone here has had the same problem and know the solution.
My wireless card will connect with no problems but then drop randomly every 10 to 15 minutes. I have only used my wireless card at the CoC and the new management building, but my other laptop worked flawlessly there, so I am pretty sure its the intel card. |
James Michael Guyton
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Getting 10 minute leases on DHCP while in the new MGT building. Renewing the lease simply gives a 10 min extension...what gives? |
gth274a
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i am getting droped evet 10 min or so. in the ES&T building..... |
Matthew J. Sanders
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LAWN leases are 10 minutes long. Renewing your lease at any point will only yeild a 10 minute lease... it's not addative. Provided your host OS is doing it's job, you should have no trouble renewing your lease and staying logged in. |
Matthew J. Sanders
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So what do you mean by "dropped"? Do you mean that the radio signal dissapears, or that you have to re-authenticate? or something else? |
Jason Wayne Fritts
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I also have the same long windows bootup problems when on gtwireless network, but it only happens sometimes... like when i was in the ES&T building it happened but now im in the library and it was fine. Perhaps there are different routers or something? However its happened in the library too. This only recently started happening summer05 never had a problem before. |
Derrick Brown
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Yesterday (Tuesday), I could not get connected via GTwireless in the COC. I only tried in the common area. From the rumblings I heard around me, others could not log on either. I recieved a "Limited or No Connectivity" warning from winXP. The walkup ports worked fine, however. I was also able to connect to FASTPASS (wireless) without a problem. Today in the Student Center, I can easily access GTwireless. |
GTPSATU
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Do any administrators ever post on here?
I have problems staying connected. My DNS drops after 1 or two minutes. It is very frustrating. |
Devarajan Balaraman
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I am having trouble staying connected to wireless LAWN in Love building. It connects once in a while. When it does connect, I get excellent signal; but then the browser does not take me to the LOGIN page most of the time. When it does and I login, it takes me to the home page. Beyond that I cannot access any other page.
Any idea what the problem might be? |
Austin Hua-Ren Chen
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I too have the "dreaded" intel2200b/g. Loses connection every 10 minutes or so.... and then needs "help" in order to reconnect (turn the radio off/on). I mostly see people posting problems.... can anybody offer up any solutions? |
Hiroumi Kitajima
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I was having the same problems with losing connection every 10 minutes, but they went away since modifying the properties of the wireless connection. Try this:
Control Panel -> Network and Internet Connections -> Network Connections -> Wireless Network Connection -> Properties -> GTwireless Properties -> Authentication -> Uncheck "Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network"
Hope this helps. |
gth815f
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Thank you HK. That actually helped alot! |
Austin Hua-Ren Chen
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The option to enable IEEE authentication is unchecked by default. Since then, I've tried using 2 other USB wifi adapters, both of which also consistently lose and regain connection. |
gth709b
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I have difficulties in connecting the LAWN in anywhere, even in the library. Although I followed all the settings on the LAWN webpage, it shows the connectivity is very low and only connect to FASTpass home page. |
gth816s
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I keep getting dropped in the library. |
Siddharth Nileshwar Kamath
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I keep getting dropped as well in the library. Is it my wireless card? Intel 2915ABG |
Siddharth Nileshwar Kamath
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I took my laptop in to OIT today and it turned out my firewall was blocking the servers ICMP echo requests.
Make sure that your firewall allows ICMP incoming echo requests and outgoing echoes. If you have security concerns open it up only to the LAWN IP's.
I hope this Helps |
Ashley Ann Swinson
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I can connect to GTwireless in the library and in my on-campus apartment, but I can't connect in the Van Leer building. I have all the requirements and checked all of my settings. My friends computer will connect in Van Leer, while mine will not. What should I do? |
Ilya Dovidovskii
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I have problems staying connected in the Management building. I have an Intel 2915ABG card installed. I can connect anywhere on LAWN without problems or dropped connection except for Management building.
HELP |
bw171
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llya, Come by the Management help desk, we may be able to assist you. Room 204 |
dsabio3
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I have a problem with my wireless connection. When in range of the network, all that I see as possible networks is the FASTPASS connection. I have already set up GTwireless properly and it was working fine last week. Everyone that has a laptop in my classes can connect fine.
Just for more info I have the Intel 3945 ABG wireless card.
Does anyone have any advice on this problem? |
Komal Rambani
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I'm seeing only FASTPASS connection and no more GTwireless from past 3-4 days. I had already set-up GTwireless and was using it succesfully for several months. Is there anything changed in past week that I need to take care of to get access to LAWN again ?
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ylee9
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bchai3
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I'm using Intel 3945 ABG wireless card too. Same problem!!! I don't know how but I've been using FASTPASS connection, it doesn't even require LAWN login. Hope someone can
find out what's going on. |
GT97
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I'm having problems connecting to LAWN in the library. My computer has all the proper settings and connects automatically in other places but in the library FASTPASS keeps taking over and it wont even let me manually connect to GTwireless. |
gth851b
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How does one go about connecting a Wii to GTWireless? |
jsamsky3
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For connecting a Wii to GTwireless:
Requirements:
a.) Laptop or other computer that can connect to GTwireless normally.
b.) Decent signal (5.5 mbps or greater; this is relatively low)
c.) Nintendo Wii
Procedure
1.) Connect your laptop or computer to GTwireless as usual. Login with your name and password.
2.) Windows XP Users: go to "Control Panel\Network Connections\Wireless Network Connection". Click the "support" tab, "details" button. You should see the following information displayed:
Physical Address
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Default Gateway
DHCP Server
Lease Obained*
Lease Expires*
DNS Servers
*you can ignore the lease information; you won't need it.
Mac/Linux Users: Open your wireless connection manager of choice and find this information. I only know how to do this in Windows and one Linux wi-fi manager, so you're on your own here.
3.) Power on your Wii. From the main menu, click the "Wii" button in the bottom-left corner, and follow this sequence of screens:
"Wii Settings, Wii Settings 2 ('+' once), Internet, Connection Settings, Connection X (whichever is open), Wireless Connection, Manual Setup."
4.) Enter the SSID as "GTwireless". From now on, assume everything is case-sensitive. Push '+' once.
5.) You should be at "Type of Security." Choose "WEP" and enter the GTwireless WEP code. If you don't know it, you can obtain it at the following address:
http://www.lawn.gatech.edu/help/wep.html
Click "okay" or "save" (I forget what it's called) to go back to the "Type of Security screen."
6.) Press '+' again to go to "Auto-Obtain IP Address." Choose "no," "advanced settings." Enter any information it asks for from the "wireless connection information" window open on your computer.
7.) Press '+' again to go to "Auto-Obtain DNS." Choose "no," "advanced settings." Again, enter the information from your computer window into the fields.
8.) Turn off your computer's wireless card (or the computer itself). Since the Wii and your computer now have the same IP, only one can be on at a time, lest they interfere with each other.
The Wii will now test the internet connection.
9.) Save the whole thing and return to the Wii's "Home" menu.
**NOTE: Repeat connections are less of a hassle
The next time you want to go online with your Wii, do Steps 1-2.
Find your GTwireless connection in the Wii's Internet settings. Compare the saved information on the Wii to the new information on your computer, and re-enter any information that has changed to what is displayed on your computer monitor (IP address always changes, for example).
Finally, do steps 8-9 again. Switching your computer's wireless off is MOST important.
Also, when you're done with your Wii, turn your computer's wireless card back on. Because both are set to the same IP address, they can't both be logged onto GTwireless at the same time. If you want to use the internet on your computer at the same time, an ethernet cable will plug you right into the land line.
Hope this helps! Enjoy! |
gth739g
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For connecting a Wii to wireless with a Mac.
In order to find the info needed.
Go to System Preferences-->Network--> TCP/IP
You will see
IP address
subnet mask
router
then, in order to find the DNS servers, open Terminal (the application) and type in the following without the quotes:
"cat /etc/resolv.conf"
it will output 2 addresses, the first address is the primary and the 2nd is the secondary.
make sure to disable your airport again on your mac before running the connection test!
:) |
jguo7
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I am using a laptop with Vista but could not connect to the wireless network. Actually the signal is good, but after thousands times of trial, I still could not access internet. |
rlipman3
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Ubuntu users: I've found that using NetworkManager to connect requires me to first connect to fastpass network (to get the MAC address), then manually connect to gtwireless. The issue probably comes from two networks coming from the same mac address. |
rdayabhai3
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Is anyone else having problems connecting to the GTwireless service?! I sit in various places (Howey, Instructional Center, Smith, etc) and I cannot seem to connect to LAWN! I know I have everything configured right, because for the first few days after move-in it worked. But now, I sit next to people who are checking their facebook, while I keep getting "GTwireless network unvailable." WtF?! |
gth867x
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Does anyone have a "Limited or No Connectivity" problem? |
rdayabhai3
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I'm in the library and it doesn't work! It worked in the Instructional Center today, after about 15 minutes... |
GT72
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My computer is configured, but it does not recognize that GTWireless is present, only the FASTPASS. I need to get on for class in the IC!!!! |
mrinehart3
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I'm a Mac OSX user and I have GTwireless set up as my preferred wireless network. Now, anywhere on campus I have a good to excellent signal yet I still get dropped every 15-30 minutes. In order to solve this problem I have to restart my computer which is a problem when I'm doing work online. |
mheiges3
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My Mac OSX is running a much slower download and upload speed in Fitten than any other person I have talked to. I am plugged in with ethernet. How can I make it faster? |
gth873q
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I have the exact same problem as GT72. Followed the directions and troubleshooting for seeing Fastpass (but not GTwireless) to the T and it's still not being seen.
GT72 does your laptop have a Broadcomm wireless chip? I'm thinking this might be a problem with the driver (if I play around with the settings I can get it to be connected to Fastpass but Windows doesn't know it and says I'm disconnected in the icon tray). |
jblade3
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I have had my laptop configured for well over a year for the GTwireless network. I was in the library yesterday and I randomly lost the network. It happens sometimes, but I can't get it back. I've restarted my computer, moved to other parts of campus, and even reconfigured my computer for GTwireless, but it still won't appear in my network list. All I can pick up anywhere is FASTPASS.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. |
gth873q
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They don't read this stuff |
Ian Blake Cooper
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I can't get the iPhone to log into GTwireless. I tried the suggestion posted, to set up the network first then try to join by entering the WEP key but no luck. Are there certain configurations necessary to get the iPhone to work? |
gth838n
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I'm experiencing a VERY slow connection. It takes 30+ seconds to load a news page with a couple of ads on it. What's going on? |
gth637v
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My computer only picks up the fast pass network it does not pick up the GT wireless network as it used to be. I don't know how to get access to the internet. Does anybody knows?
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gtg500s
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I have the same problem where I cant see the GTwireless network but I can see the FASTPASS network. I cant figure out how why i cant see the GTwireless network, but if I manually look for the GTwireless network again by typing in the network name and WEP key it works. It just doesnt work automatically like it should. |
mteixeira3
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I live in North Avenue apartments and my connection is extremelly slow. Is there anything I can do to improve it? |
gfrankel3
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I have a brand new MacBook and am experiencing "connection timeout" errors when I try to create a GTwireless connection using WEP 40/128-bit hex (as instructed). I can connect on a one-time basis, the connection won't persist over sessions (which should work)
I did some Google searches, it appears this is a common problem people are experiencing on OS X Leopard machines connecting to NetGear routers. I'm on campus (in College of Architecture building) and wonder if we have NetGear routers here. But I can't be the only person experiencing this problem. Has anyone else found a fix?
Links to articles about this on the web:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1430610&tstart=120
http://theofficeofthoughts.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/macbook-netgear-and-the-wep-key/
Would love some help! Thanks. |
gfrankel3
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I have a brand new MacBook and am experiencing "connection timeout" errors when I try to create a GTwireless connection using WEP 40/128-bit hex (as instructed). I can connect on a one-time basis, the connection won't persist over sessions (which should work)
I did some Google searches, it appears this is a common problem people are experiencing on OS X Leopard machines connecting to NetGear routers. I'm on campus (in College of Architecture building) and wonder if we have NetGear routers here. But I can't be the only person experiencing this problem. Has anyone else found a fix?
Links to articles about this on the web:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1430610&tstart=120
http://theofficeofthoughts.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/macbook-netgear-and-the-wep-key/
Would love some help! Thanks. |
Andrew John Orlando
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Anyone using linux seem to randomly get logged out while surfing, and then attempt to log in only to get this "Unknown Address" error? I've seen this happen to others, even on Windows, but I'm not sure what causes it. If you know, please email me (armchair.athlete@gmail.com). |
rhollis3
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I am sitting in the library and staring at a wireless router. I am using Mac OSX, which is configured correctly, and repeatedly typing in the network key using both the WEP Password and WEP 40/128-bit hex settings. I have tried different cases and everything. Why can't I connect? |
jmiller65
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I cant connect to the network at all on my xbox 360. I've been attempting to the point of frustration and i have no idea what to do... i need a step by step wireless instruction or at least a general jist of what i'm suppose to do...please help me e-mail me at syreinrage@gmail.com |
Jessica Lorraine Carter
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I'm no longer picking up the GTwireless signal on my Nintendo DS. I haven't changed any settings, so what's the problem?? |
