unidentified network.

> Are you using the wireless router as DHCP server? Some wireless router may have issues with Vista. This link may help,
>
> Vista Wireless disconnects ...gone. it looks like Vista is causing the router to do something, but not quite sure. i use a Belkin wireless G F5D7000 version 6. i am connecting to ...
> http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=251
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "clueless steve!" <clueless steve!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BC32BC83-8E75-48AF-8FC6-9BA2B82768ED@microsoft.com...
> i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
> fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
> setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
> connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
> assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
> option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips

> i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
> fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
> setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
> connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
> assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
> option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.

> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
> broadband modem you have.
> "clueless steve!" wrote:
>

> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.

>sorry.i maybe worded that wrong.i use a netgear wireless router with wep
>enabled to connect to the internet and that is giving me no problems at all.i
>have a dlink media lounge set up to play video files on my tv.i have this
>plugged in from the ethernet card in my pc into the dlink unit.vista set this
>as a seperate connection from my wireless one.the connection says
>unidentified and my video files play for a few seconds and then it
>disconnects.
>
>"Mary" wrote:
>

>> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
>> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
>> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
>> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
>> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
>> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
>> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
>> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
>> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
>> broadband modem you have.
>> "clueless steve!" wrote:
>>

>> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
>> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
>> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
>> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
>> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
>> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.

> the best solution is to plug the medialounge into the router and not
> have it directly connected to your PC.
>
> if you don't reconfigure this way, when you look at the two network
> connections on the Vista machine, are they both set to private and
> is file sharing and media sharing on? What IP addresses are these
> using? You can avoid these issues by plugging the medialounge into
> the router.
>
>
> On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 02:34:01 -0700, clueless steve!
> <cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> >sorry.i maybe worded that wrong.i use a netgear wireless router with wep
> >enabled to connect to the internet and that is giving me no problems at all.i
> >have a dlink media lounge set up to play video files on my tv.i have this
> >plugged in from the ethernet card in my pc into the dlink unit.vista set this
> >as a seperate connection from my wireless one.the connection says
> >unidentified and my video files play for a few seconds and then it
> >disconnects.
> >
> >"Mary" wrote:
> >

> >> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
> >> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
> >> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
> >> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
> >> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
> >> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
> >> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
> >> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
> >> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
> >> broadband modem you have.
> >> "clueless steve!" wrote:
> >>
> >> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
> >> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
> >> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
> >> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
> >> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
> >> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.

> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

>how do i then configure this to allow my media lounge to find my shared drive
>of video files?
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>

>> the best solution is to plug the medialounge into the router and not
>> have it directly connected to your PC.
>>
>> if you don't reconfigure this way, when you look at the two network
>> connections on the Vista machine, are they both set to private and
>> is file sharing and media sharing on? What IP addresses are these
>> using? You can avoid these issues by plugging the medialounge into
>> the router.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 02:34:01 -0700, clueless steve!
>> <cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>

>> >sorry.i maybe worded that wrong.i use a netgear wireless router with wep
>> >enabled to connect to the internet and that is giving me no problems at all.i
>> >have a dlink media lounge set up to play video files on my tv.i have this
>> >plugged in from the ethernet card in my pc into the dlink unit.vista set this
>> >as a seperate connection from my wireless one.the connection says
>> >unidentified and my video files play for a few seconds and then it
>> >disconnects.
>> >
>> >"Mary" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
>> >> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
>> >> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
>> >> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
>> >> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
>> >> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
>> >> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
>> >> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
>> >> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
>> >> broadband modem you have.
>> >> "clueless steve!" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
>> >> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
>> >> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
>> >> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
>> >> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
>> >> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.

>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>