Is it possible to cut off win 2k wireless nodes??

[FoxPacific]

I'm in a school that distributes laptops. We connect to the network using Wireless Xircom CWE1120. While they come preloaded with Win98 I chose to install win 2k prof. Everything was working fine until a week ago. I can't get on the network or the internet. What I would like to know is: Is it possible for the network admin of the school to not allow connections by win 2k prof nodes? What else do you think could be a problem. Keep in mind that this setup was working for about 3 months flawless.

Aloha,

James

 

[fluid11]

The sysadmin can deny you access to the internet if they are using a proxy server. Are you receiving an IP address from a DHCP server? If so, can you ping other nodes on the network?

ChrisP

 

[FoxPacific]

I can't ping anybody, in fact an icon in the task bar indicates that I'm not on the network at all.... Now that I think about it maybe it's not the sysadmin. I still think they did SOMETHING though, cause now I'm off. Very weird, but weird is normal with Windows right?? (hehehe)

Thanks alot.

Aloha,

James

 

[fluid11]

Are you receiving an IP address that is valid on the network?

ChrisP

 

[FoxPacific]

nope, no ip. I did, however, find the problem. In the SSID for the Wireless card I needed to enter a value "campus" in this case. It works perfectly now. Thanks for you time.

Aloha,

James