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Can't connect to network
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Can't connect to network
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Posted by kait
(33 messages posted)
My son just got a new computer, a Gateway. We have a modem and Netgear router, but
we can't get the computer to recognize the network. We have a Netgear wireless adapter
that had worked just fine on the old computer. We can see my neighbor's unsecured
network, but not our secure one, so we can't even try to connect to it.
This is my first experience with Vista, so I have no idea where to start. I've only
worked with XP before.
Any ideas on how we can fix this?
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re: Can't connect to network
Friday, July 3, 2009 at 12:20 am
Posted by MartinM
(5115 messages posted)
Not all XP Wireless Adaptors are Vista-compatible.
The first thing to do is to check that.
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re: Can't connect to network
Friday, July 3, 2009 at 10:46 am
Posted by kait
(33 messages posted)
It's compatible. It's just a few months old and I asked about compatibility when
I bought it. My wireless network is recognized, but the computer can't connect to
it. I've tried both the Netgear software and Vista software and both recognize the
network, but neither will connect.
On Friday, July 3, 2009 at 12:20 am, MartinM wrote:
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>Not all XP Wireless Adaptors are Vista-compatible.
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>The first thing to do is to check that.
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re: Can't connect to network
Friday, July 3, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Posted by NigelHH
(1176 messages posted)
It wouldn't be the new computer. It must be settings in the Wireless device or the
router. It may be set to "hide" from unknown computers, and you have to add the new
PC to its OK list.
This is all a bit of guess by the way...
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re: Can't connect to network
Friday, July 3, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Posted by kait
(33 messages posted)
I got it to work. I had to add it manually to the list of networks and enter the
key phrase instead of the password.
On Friday, July 3, 2009 at 5:18 pm, NigelHH wrote:
>It wouldn't be the new computer. It must be settings in the Wireless device or the
>router. It may be set to "hide" from unknown computers, and you have to add the
new
>PC to its OK list.
>This is all a bit of guess by the way...
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re: Can't connect to network
Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 2:23 am
Posted by NigelHH
(1176 messages posted)
Thanks for letting us know! I am curious to know if this setting was on the PC or
the modem?
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