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Posts: 336 · Modder Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 336

So, with my laptop having built in wireless, naturally I wanted to use it in my dorm room. I bought a belkin wireless/wired router. It set up just fine and all that. When we plug different hardware into the wall, I.E, desktop, laptop, router, we have to log in again with it. So i logged in, and can connect fine.
HOWEVER, for some reason AI, which was my startup page, wont come up. It redirects me to the login page for school, which i was only supposed to see once. And the login page gives me an error. I can access the forums, obviously, but not the main page. Dont ask me why, and I'm sure its a problem with the schools networking mumbo jumbo, but ya.

Posts: 134 · Sub-Modder Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 134

What school do you go to? The school I go to, requires you authenticate your wireless access everytime you open your browser, this prevents non-students from abusing the wireless access. It might be your router that's messing it up, sometimes school networks are set up so that you can't use routers, as crazy as that sounds.

Posts: 336 · Modder Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 336

the problems are on my desktop computer now... wireless works fine. desktop is wired into the router. when i connect to the schools wifi i have to authenticate, not my own though, (we dont have wifi in dorms). I got to MSU: Mankato (thats minnesota MSU, not Michigan)

Posts: 2723 · Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:34 pm Post subject:

Posts: 3258 · Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:13 pm Post subject:

Hmmmm so the symptoms are now on your main machine? And the laptop is fine?

Perhaps they only let you reg. 1 comp...
If both go through the router, then their system should only see one IP, the router...
Explain a bit more?

Posts: 336 · Modder Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 336

lol, its not that big of a deal. i only get the registration page on http://www.absoluteinsight.net, which was my homepage at the time. i can still view the forums on my desktop, and everything is fine on my laptop. both of them go through the router, the desktop is wired in, and the laptop is wireless.

Posts: 3258 · Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:58 pm Post subject:

thats VERY odd, that a subfolder of AI would work, but not the main page....
might try contacting your comp center?

Posts: 336 · Modder Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 336

well, i dunno what happened, but its all working now, so ya.... cool beans, or something

Posts: 3258 · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:51 pm Post subject:

good to hear it fixed itself =P

Posts: 2723 · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:55 pm Post subject:

I dunno if your network is like ours here, but ocassionally we have weird random problems happening for seemingly no reason. I'm not sure what the network admins are doing behind the scenes, but I'm sure that at least half of it is entirely unnecessary.

Posts: 134 · Sub-Modder Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 134

Posts: 2723 · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:20 am Post subject:

nguy speaks the truth

Posts: 1475 · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:18 pm Post subject:

not a related problem as i dont go to college, but sometimes i lose the internet connection up here (i get internet through AC adapter LAN) and i have to go downstairs, unplug the router, then plug it back in for it to work again. any idea on what could cause that?

Posts: 399 · Modder Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 399

Probably just a time out.

Posts: 197 · Honey-Glazed Terror Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 197

Posts: 3258 · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:02 am Post subject:

but look at the speed we'd get gaming and pr0n...
im all for it =P

Posts: 2723 · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:34 am Post subject:

It would be phenominal! Sign me up!

Posts: 197 · Honey-Glazed Terror Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 197