|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Welcome to Windows Vista Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find solutions with any problems, errors or issues you are experiencing with Windows Vista. The Vista forum also covers news and updates and has an extensive Windows Vista tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks. |
| |||||||
 |
| |
03-15-2008
| #1 (permalink) |
| | connecting to a wireless network hi i have a wireless router set up which is connected with a wire to my PC. my brother has just brought a brand new laptop. he has full signal to the network however he cannot connect to it. i have turned off all the security encriptions and what not but it still says "cannot connect" ive tried everything i can think of but still nothing. but not nothing connects to it except the mentioned wired PC. ive tried a nintendo DS and a sony PSP bt they get the same error... any ideas is greatly appreciated. |
My System Specs |
|
03-15-2008
| #2 (permalink) |
| | Re: connecting to a wireless network Do you have the security enabled on the router? You might try logging into the router and checking the settings and make sure they are all correct. -- Dustin Harper dharper@xxxxxx http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page "Dsummers" <Dsummers@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:80424A4F-1753-4701-B586-EA2C9C86093A@xxxxxx Quote: > hi i have a wireless router set up which is connected with a wire to my > PC. > my brother has just brought a brand new laptop. he has full signal to the > network however he cannot connect to it. i have turned off all the > security > encriptions and what not but it still says "cannot connect" ive tried > everything i can think of but still nothing. but not nothing connects to > it > except the mentioned wired PC. ive tried a nintendo DS and a sony PSP bt > they > get the same error... any ideas is greatly appreciated. |
| My System Specs |
|
03-15-2008
| #3 (permalink) |
| | Re: connecting to a wireless network thnks for reply, and yes done all that, there is no security on the router or computer. it just wont connect. "Dustin Harper" wrote: Quote: > Do you have the security enabled on the router? You might try logging into > the router and checking the settings and make sure they are all correct. > > -- > > Dustin Harper > dharper@xxxxxx > http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page > > > "Dsummers" <Dsummers@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:80424A4F-1753-4701-B586-EA2C9C86093A@xxxxxx Quote: > > hi i have a wireless router set up which is connected with a wire to my > > PC. > > my brother has just brought a brand new laptop. he has full signal to the > > network however he cannot connect to it. i have turned off all the > > security > > encriptions and what not but it still says "cannot connect" ive tried > > everything i can think of but still nothing. but not nothing connects to > > it > > except the mentioned wired PC. ive tried a nintendo DS and a sony PSP bt > > they > > get the same error... any ideas is greatly appreciated. |
| My System Specs |
|
03-15-2008
| #4 (permalink) |
| | Re: connecting to a wireless network What about the "SSID broadcast?" Do you have it enabled or disabled? I would enable it for the time being anyway. See if that helps. I had a bit of a problem in this area when I first got my Vista machine, but when I enabled the SSID broadcast it helped. "Dsummers" <Dsummers@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0ACACF54-8C4F-45E4-9EE4-E3FDA9D328FF@xxxxxx Quote: > thnks for reply, and yes done all that, there is no security on the router > or > computer. it just wont connect. > > "Dustin Harper" wrote: > Quote: >> Do you have the security enabled on the router? You might try logging >> into >> the router and checking the settings and make sure they are all correct. >> >> -- >> >> Dustin Harper >> dharper@xxxxxx >> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page >> >> >> "Dsummers" <Dsummers@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:80424A4F-1753-4701-B586-EA2C9C86093A@xxxxxx Quote: >> > hi i have a wireless router set up which is connected with a wire to my >> > PC. >> > my brother has just brought a brand new laptop. he has full signal to >> > the >> > network however he cannot connect to it. i have turned off all the >> > security >> > encriptions and what not but it still says "cannot connect" ive tried >> > everything i can think of but still nothing. but not nothing connects >> > to >> > it >> > except the mentioned wired PC. ive tried a nintendo DS and a sony PSP >> > bt >> > they >> > get the same error... any ideas is greatly appreciated. |
| My System Specs |
|
03-15-2008
| #5 (permalink) |
| | Re: connecting to a wireless network try a factory reset on the router. you'll have to set up wireless security again, etc. On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:12:00 -0700, Dsummers <Dsummers@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >hi i have a wireless router set up which is connected with a wire to my PC. >my brother has just brought a brand new laptop. he has full signal to the >network however he cannot connect to it. i have turned off all the security >encriptions and what not but it still says "cannot connect" ive tried >everything i can think of but still nothing. but not nothing connects to it >except the mentioned wired PC. ive tried a nintendo DS and a sony PSP bt they >get the same error... any ideas is greatly appreciated. Barb Bowman MS-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ |
| My System Specs |
|
| Thread Tools | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| How do I keep wireless network from automatically connecting? | Vista General | |||
| Connecting to a wireless network | Vista networking & sharing | |||
| Connecting to the Internet using a Wireless Network | Vista General | |||
| RE: Problem connecting to wireless network | Vista networking & sharing | |||
| Wireless network not connecting | Vista networking & sharing | |||
