Unnable to connect to wireless access point

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davanell

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Please help, we have a sony vaio laptop with wireless internet, it was all working fine until the 23/1/10 when the network connection would not connect. The network connection on our sony works at a relatives house ok.
We also have a Dell laptop with wifi and it connects ok on our network.
The only thing I can see wrong is that the network security key passphrase keeps changing in the Properties-Security dialog box.
The sony connects ok when it is hard wired to the router.
Both laptops have Vista home premium.
 
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Hello,

Do you know the password for the wireless to access it?

If so, go into the network and sharing center, on the left column there will be an option to manage wireless networks / connections > click that and find your network that the sony can't connect to > high light and click remove at the top > now go back at the bottom right hand corner of the screen where the 2 screens are ( it probably has a red ex ) > click that and click connect to a network > now click your network and re-enter the password correctly. Hope this helps :)
 

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Hi, thanks for the quick reply,
i have tried all this with no success,
the dell is still working after the reset, so the problem must be with a setting on the sony, but where to look????
 

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davanell said:
Hi, thanks for the quick reply,
i have tried all this with no success,
the dell is still working after the reset, so the problem must be with a setting on the sony, but where to look????
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Hmm, did you install any windows updates for the Sony's wireless driver?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Neo
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intergrated Intel Graphics
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    10.1
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    160GB
    PSU
    Power Adapter
    Case
    It's special, it flips open :)
    Keyboard
    Acer
    Mouse
    Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Down: 16mb/s Up: 1.6mb/s
    Other Info
    I killed my HP Laptop :'(
no.
the laptop is connecting to the wifi network when it has wep encryption, but when i reset everthing to wpa or wpa2, it says attempting authaurisation.
I feel safer with the wpa2 encryption, so still no joy.
I have just installed vista service pack 2 and all the vaio up dates, still nothing.
could it have something to do with this number 802.11i, not sure what it is but read something in a forum relateing to it.
 

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davanell said:
no.
the laptop is connecting to the wifi network when it has wep encryption, but when i reset everthing to wpa or wpa2, it says attempting authaurisation.
I feel safer with the wpa2 encryption, so still no joy.
I have just installed vista service pack 2 and all the vaio up dates, still nothing.
could it have something to do with this number 802.11i, not sure what it is but read something in a forum relateing to it.
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I'm not familiar with 802.11i but you should either be 802.11g or 802.11n or the router could be both. Honestly I haven't heard of i before. Whats the make and model of the laptop? I'm going to look for drivers. Also, how old is this laptop?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Neo
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intergrated Intel Graphics
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    10.1
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    160GB
    PSU
    Power Adapter
    Case
    It's special, it flips open :)
    Keyboard
    Acer
    Mouse
    Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Down: 16mb/s Up: 1.6mb/s
    Other Info
    I killed my HP Laptop :'(
Ok, since a factory reset worked, more than likely what happed is windows automatically downloaded and installed a driver for you. Do NOT allow that. Windows update is the worst possible way to update drivers. It sucks.
 

My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Neo
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intergrated Intel Graphics
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    10.1
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    160GB
    PSU
    Power Adapter
    Case
    It's special, it flips open :)
    Keyboard
    Acer
    Mouse
    Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Down: 16mb/s Up: 1.6mb/s
    Other Info
    I killed my HP Laptop :'(
If he or she wanted to do that, to disable Windows Update from finding and loading drivers without them knowing, would the disabling of the "Windows Update" Service be the way to do that?
 

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    stock Quanta 30D2, v.792E
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    4 GHz, 667 MHz bus speed
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    NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, stock
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    stock 15.4" widescreen
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    I like chocolate milk!
pauliewalnuts said:
If he or she wanted to do that, to disable Windows Update from finding and loading drivers without them knowing, would the disabling of the "Windows Update" Service be the way to do that?
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No, the most effective way to fix this is to set Windows update to download all available updates but do NOT install them until the user accepts which ones to actually install...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Neo
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intergrated Intel Graphics
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    10.1
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    160GB
    PSU
    Power Adapter
    Case
    It's special, it flips open :)
    Keyboard
    Acer
    Mouse
    Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Down: 16mb/s Up: 1.6mb/s
    Other Info
    I killed my HP Laptop :'(
Wouldn't that waste hard-drive space?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Hewlett-Packard dv6936us
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo "Merom" T5750, 2 GHz, stock clocking
    Motherboard
    stock Quanta 30D2, v.792E
    Memory
    4 GHz, 667 MHz bus speed
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, stock
    Sound Card
    stock Realtek software-based
    Monitor(s) Displays
    stock 15.4" widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    stock 1280 X 800
    Hard Drives
    stock Toshiba MK2546GSX and a Western Digital 1TB MyBook
    PSU
    stock
    Case
    stock
    Cooling
    stock plus Rocketfish model RF-LAPCOL
    Keyboard
    stock
    Mouse
    stock Synaptics Pointing Device
    Internet Speed
    Ludicrous Speed (~10.9 Mbps, more or less)
    Other Info
    Browser: Namoroka v1.9.2.3666 64-bit build. Computer specs:
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01485288&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3747246
    I like chocolate milk!
Nope. Sure wont
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel Neo
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intergrated Intel Graphics
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    10.1
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    160GB
    PSU
    Power Adapter
    Case
    It's special, it flips open :)
    Keyboard
    Acer
    Mouse
    Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    Down: 16mb/s Up: 1.6mb/s
    Other Info
    I killed my HP Laptop :'(
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