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Posted by arilisanne on January 22, 2007, 1:59 am
Please log in for more thread options Please help me, tech gurus!! I have a SONY Vaio (PCG-TR1A) and a Linksys Router - WRT55AG. The wireless on the laptop has never worked all that well -- the connection used to cut out frequently, but repairing it usually did the trick. Now, it will not connect at all. I can see all the available wireless networks including mine. I hit connect and it just says "Waiting for the network" until it tells me it is unable to connect. The connection is fine when connected directly with a wire. A newer Gateway laptop in the house works perfectly wirelessly and has no problems. Thus, it is not the router. I have WEP security enabled, but I have tried disabling the security and have the same problem, so that's not the problem. I have tried disabling the Windows firewall. I have tried disabling and then reenabling the wireless network; I have reset the router. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm completely stumped. The computer is running Win XP with SP2 installed. Thanks. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on January 22, 2007, 3:31 am
Please log in for more thread options The wireless connection issues through the router can be caused by not deleting other networks under preferred network. To delete other networks under preferred network, please follow these steps: 1. Click on the Start menu and select the Run option. 2. After the "Run" window appears, type control ncpa.cpl into the "Open" field, then click Ok. 3. When the "Network Connections" window opens, right click on the Wireless Network Connection and go to Properties. 4. After the "Wireless Network Connection Properties" window opens, click on the Wireless Networks tab. 5. When the "Wireless Networks" area opens, look for Preferred Networks section. 6. Highlight the wireless networks and then click on Delete or Remove option. 7. Restart the computer. 8. After deleting the preferred network; click Add and type in the name of your wireless network. 9: If you are using WEP as an encryption; uncheck the key is provided for me automatically and manually type in the network key. 10. Click Ok all the way out and connect to your network. arilisanne wrote: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by arilisanne on January 22, 2007, 5:34 pm
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Annie - Thanks, I have tried this already- I have removed all other networks, have removed all networks, actually, and added mine. It has not helped. It can see my network and shows it as availble, but does not let me connect to it. Any other suggestions? Thanks. On Jan 22, 12:31 am, annie.ra...@link2support.com wrote: > The wireless connection issues through the router can be caused by not
> deleting other networks under preferred network. > > To delete other networks under preferred network, please follow these > steps: > > 1. Click on the Start menu and select the Run option. > 2. After the "Run" window appears, type control ncpa.cpl into the > "Open" field, then click Ok. > 3. When the "Network Connections" window opens, right click on the > Wireless Network Connection and go to Properties. > 4. After the "Wireless Network Connection Properties" window opens, > click on the Wireless Networks tab. > 5. When the "Wireless Networks" area opens, look for Preferred > Networks section. > 6. Highlight the wireless networks and then click on Delete or Remove > option. > 7. Restart the computer. > 8. After deleting the preferred network; click Add and type in the name > of your wireless network. > 9: If you are using WEP as an encryption; uncheck the key is provided > for me automatically and manually type in the network key. > 10. Click Ok all the way out and connect to your network. > > > > arilisanne wrote: > > Please help me, tech gurus!! I have a SONY Vaio (PCG-TR1A) and a
> > Linksys Router - WRT55AG. The wireless on the laptop has never worked > > all that well -- the connection used to cut out frequently, but > > repairing it usually did the trick. Now, it will not connect at all. > > I can see all the available wireless networks including mine. I hit > > connect and it just says "Waiting for the network" until it tells me it > > is unable to connect. >
> > The connection is fine when connected directly with a wire.
>
> > A newer Gateway laptop in the house works perfectly wirelessly and has
> > no problems. Thus, it is not the router. >
> > I have WEP security enabled, but I have tried disabling the security
> > and have the same problem, so that's not the problem. >
> > I have tried disabling the Windows firewall.
>
> > I have tried disabling and then reenabling the wireless network; I have
> > reset the router. >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm completely stumped.
>
> > The computer is running Win XP with SP2 installed.
>
> > Thanks.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -
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Posted by seaweedsteve on January 22, 2007, 9:20 pm
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I had a similar problem with a Belkin PCMCIA wireless adapter not long ago. It suddenly would not connect, in the same manner as yours, no address. Assigning an address would not work either. Had a good signal. It failed on both laptops the same time. I tried my other wireless adapter card on both laptops and they worked. You might do the same. Try a USB or card and see. I thought it was the linksys router, but then I happened to be changing routers and the Buffalo was the same. I uninstalled and reinstalled the card's drivers several times. No luck. Finally, I uninstalled the driver once more and then, while I was online using a USB adapter (or ethernet) I let XP find the driver for the card. No client manager, just the driver. This worked. I still don't know what happened. I did install another wifi card around that time, possibly this was it? To sum up, look for ways to uninstall and reinstall your drivers, different drivers, with and without the client manager included. Don't need the client manager, XP will do it fine. Steve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by ejm on January 23, 2007, 12:52 am
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Reinstalling driver is possible, but I would go to the linksys site and see if there is any new versions of firmware for the router. That is what solve my issue with my router. Gene seaweedsteve wrote: > I had a similar problem with a Belkin PCMCIA wireless adapter not long
> ago. It suddenly would not connect, in the same manner as yours, no > address. Assigning an address would not work either. Had a good > signal. It failed on both laptops the same time. > > I tried my other wireless adapter card on both laptops and they worked. > You might do the same. Try a USB or card and see. > > I thought it was the linksys router, but then I happened to be changing > routers and the Buffalo was the same. > > I uninstalled and reinstalled the card's drivers several times. No > luck. > > Finally, I uninstalled the driver once more and then, while I was > online using a USB adapter (or ethernet) I let XP find the driver for > the card. No client manager, just the driver. > > This worked. I still don't know what happened. I did install another > wifi card around that time, possibly this was it? > > To sum up, look for ways to uninstall and reinstall your drivers, > different drivers, with and without the client manager included. Don't > need the client manager, XP will do it fine. > > Steve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
> Linksys Router - WRT55AG. The wireless on the laptop has never worked
> all that well -- the connection used to cut out frequently, but
> repairing it usually did the trick. Now, it will not connect at all.
> I can see all the available wireless networks including mine. I hit
> connect and it just says "Waiting for the network" until it tells me it
> is unable to connect.
>
> The connection is fine when connected directly with a wire.
>
> A newer Gateway laptop in the house works perfectly wirelessly and has
> no problems. Thus, it is not the router.
>
> I have WEP security enabled, but I have tried disabling the security
> and have the same problem, so that's not the problem.
>
> I have tried disabling the Windows firewall.
>
> I have tried disabling and then reenabling the wireless network; I have
> reset the router.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm completely stumped.
>
> The computer is running Win XP with SP2 installed.
>
> Thanks.