Wifi Woes On C860 W/cacko 1.21b

[DaveAnderson]

Strange problem.  Pretec wifi card.  I can access the net just fine at my job - straight up through DHCP and automatic SSID.  D-Link router.

At home - Linksys router - I cannot, for the life of me, get online.  I've tried everything - DHCP/No-Dhcp (static), manually setting ssid, different channels, etc.  With Static it fires up, but I can't communicate with my network.  I guess the network comes up simply because it is static.  With automatic, it never is able to get up and get an IP.

I know my home router is okay.  I have a laptop at home that gets on just fine - dynamic or static IP.  I know the WLAN card is okay, since it works at my job.  I actually had Pretec replace the card, on the off chance it was the card, but it wasn't.  I know my Zaurus is okay as well.  The only conclusions I can come up with is a compatibility issue with the card and my router.

At home I am in an apartment complex and I know there is at least one other apartment with a router.  But that shouldn't cause a problem if I manually set ssid and tried different channels, right?

I'm a tech and believe I've run through all the basics.  I've setup dozens of wifi setups and am very confident I'm not missing something obvious.

Any thoughts?

[clofland]

Did you try tearing down all security and connecting, and then building your security up piece by piece?

I find at home I have to set up WEP Encryption, but NOT authentication. Otherwise it won't work.

The downside is that ANYONE can get onto my network (if they spoof their MAC address since I filter MAC addresses), but they cannot pass any traffic until they get the right WEP key.