"Elbow" <tokyoelbow@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> thanks, I'll have a look
>
>
> CL wrote:
>> elliotisgenki@yahoo.com wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > I just recently moved to a house that has wireless and Im trying to
>> > connect to it but am having no joy.
>> > Ive never used wireless before so I wonder if its my set up thats
>> > causing the problems.
>> > I bought a buffalo usb airstation and went thrun the instal.
>> > When I scan for available wireless it gives me 2 options, one that is
>> > locked (a neighbour) and my house which is unlocked, but when I try to
>> > connect it gives me a 'cant find target' message.
>> > Is there any particular thing I need to do regarding my internet
>> > settings or is it just a case of plugging in and go?
>> > I just installed a fresh copy of xp and havent set up any broadband
>> > wizards etc.
>> > please help
>> > this is driving me fucking nuts!!
>> > Elbow
>>
>> You might want to trot on over to news.tokyopc.org and post this in the
>> tpc.hardware, tpc.help, or the tpc.internet-access NGs.  They have
>> people there who have been through that setup before and will advise
>> with a minimum number of insults.  If you get your timing right, you
>> will hear back from one of the people who trained the engineers who
>> designed the AirStation.
>>
>> CL
>
It may be an issue with wpa v/s wep or in other words radio signal encoding 
issues something along those lines make sure the receiver is set up to 
decode the same type of signal that is being broadcast.
Marvel
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