Wireless Problems..

leethomas787 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 05:00 PM

Hey Guys!

I recently bought a wireless reciever for my mums pc. (How nice i am!)

But on the desktop, it doesnt seem to pic up wireless activity, and says NO LAN Network Card or something.

I found my old, old, old laptop, as it was down here, and i tried on that and it managed to find a wireless router, but no internet connecton could be made.

is it something im doing wrong, or something else.

If you could help, it would be very much appriciated.

Lee x x

**Ash** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 05:23 PM

Do you have a wireless router set up yourself?

leethomas787 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 05:26 PM

Yep.
Its next to me now.
Working its lil cotten socks off:

Modem --> (Ethernet) --> Router --> (Ethernet) --> PC
And or Vice Versa

Lee x x

**Ash** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 08:50 PM

Is the computer you trying to connect to the router also very close to the router?

leethomas787 · #5 (**permalink**) 12-22-2007, 10:27 AM

they are close enought to each other..

**Ash** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-22-2007, 10:44 AM

It may be that they're too close. Try moving them further away and trying to find a signal.

leethomas787 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-22-2007, 10:46 AM

Well one the router is in my room, and the other pc is downstairs,

mrvistahater · #8 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 08:00 AM

When you put the wireless card into the desktop, have you tried going to the device manager and check to see if it is working properly? Another thing to double check is to make sure that the wireless router that your laptop picks up is your wireless router and not somebody elses network that it is trying to connect to.

**Thaylok** · #9 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 02:58 PM

Are your cards and router compatible? Is the router set up to be compatible?

Normally the backwards compatibility is default, so that you can use an A generation card on a B/G generation router and vise versa (for example), but sometimes, your router may be set for a single generation only. As an example, my N-generation wireless has a compatibility mode, but the default is optimized for N-generation devices, which could limit the effectiveness of the network for a/b/g generation pc's.

Do you have the proper drivers installed for the network cards? (This was asked above in looking at the device manager, partly). Have you gone out on the net and downloaded newer drivers for the network card?

Do you have the SSID of your network set to not broadcast (a hidden network)?

What is the OS of each PC/Laptop involved? I've run into a situaition where VISTA pc's won't work on a home wireless network if the SSID is not broadcast, even though the connection has been properly established. (When I turned off SSID broadcasting, the connection dropped for good) This happened not only to me, but to 2 other networks in the family.

What is your wireless router? What level of wireless security are you using? Have any of the computers attached to that router in the past (I know you said it was old).

Have you tried to set the router to the factory default settings, and reestablishing connections from there?

If you are using more than one wireless router, make sure the connection/security information is not the same for both networks (new router and old router).

Will probably have more questions after some of these are addressed.

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