I think this is the help menu I found:
1. Open the Command Prompt window by clicking the Start button ,
clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Command
Prompt.
2. Type netsh wlan add filter networktype=network type.
Where network type is either adhoc or infrastructure.
I was unsure of the network type (still am) so tried both adhoc and
infrastructure but neither worked. Did this mess things up?
"M Skabialka" <mskabialka@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ORqku2ySJHA.5364@xxxxxx
Quote:
> When I still could see the wireless networks and couldn't connect I tried
> an
> option to manually connect. Under the security setting options were:
> none,
> WEP and 802.11x, there wasn't an option for WPA.
> I tried setting the router to have no security but was still unable to see
> any networks.
> Device manager shows no problems - it is not disabled.
> I am not sure about Vista SP1 so have downloaded it for install next time
> I
> go to her house.
> If that netsh command was a problem - is there a way to reverse the
> effects
> and start setting up the wireless card from scratch? I am not near the
> machine and the command was run from the start menu so I don't even know
> if
> I could find it again to see what I did. It was suggested in a
> troubleshooting menu on the machine.
> The vista machine is 21 months old and wireless was working until
> recently.
> The router is new.
> What are the steps to remove and reinstall the wireless capabilities in
> Vista (which I am not very familiar with)?
>
> "Lem" <lemp40@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:unDDqJySJHA.5080@xxxxxx Quote:
>>M Skabialka wrote: Quote:
>>> A friend with a vista PC was having problems connecting wirelessly to a
>>> router. It had been working OK for months then she decided to download
>>> the MS Office 2007 trial. Since then her wireless connection stopped
>>> working (though I have no idea why this happened at this time). Their
>>> other computer was also having a really slow ethernet connection so I
>>> had
>>> them buy a new cisco wireles router with his new PC. I told the Vista
>>> machine to connect to the new SSID but I had set up WPA on the router
>>> and
>>> vista didn't have that option. So then I changed it to WEP on the
>>> router
>>> but vista said it couldn't connect. A help menu had me run some netsh
>>> commands about adhoc and infrastructure but it still didn't work so I
>>> rebooted. Now the vista PC doesn't even see any wireless networks
>>> available, but a laptop I tried as a test still sees three SSIDs
>>> including the new one.
>>>
>>> What are my troubleshooting steps in vista to find out what is wrong
>>> with
>>> her wireless connection and how to fix it?
>>> And how can I find out what is still making the network still slow - the
>>> other machine is brand new with WinXP?
>>
>> This setup probably is too far gone to fix using newsgroup advice. In
>> particular, who knows what you managed to do with netsh. But here goes
>> anyway.
>>
>> This is simply wrong: Quote:
>>> I had set up WPA on the router and vista didn't have that option.
>>
>> What led you to that conclusion? Have you installed Vista sp1?
>>
>> Start by ensuring that the laptop's wifi adapter is actually turned on
>> and
>> functioning. Check the documentation for a physical switch or Fn+Fkey
>> combination. Check Device Manager.
>>
>> If you get things back to where you can detect the presence of wireless
>> networks, then configure the router to use *no* security at all (no
>> encryption, no IP filters, no MAC filters, etc.) and try to connect. If
>> you can connect when there is no security present, then add back
>> WPA2-Personal encryption and try connecting again.
>>
>> --
>> Lem -- MS-MVP
>>
>> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm >
>