I was lucky to get back to where I was. Windows Zero Connect was no help either. Any ideas? As many things can contribute to wireless connection issues, the most commoon items I found that causes wireless problems are:. One of the most common sources of wireless connection problems is interference operating at the same frequency as cordless phones, baby monitor, etc…. If you are running a firewall make sure it's not blocking access to the router.
If it is, enable it so Vista can see it. XP and Vista are not the same. If you had a wireless card that used to work on XP and now it won't work on Vista, it may be incompatible with Vista driver only works on XP.
Try using a different adapter. I fixed it! Thanks for the tips. I had pretty much checked all this but it inspired me to run a step-by-step systematic diagnostic of my own. Maybe this will help someone else. I connected the laptop to the router with a hard LAN cable so I could maintain control of the router while troubleshooting the wireless connection. First I disabled all firewalls to confirm that there was no interference, which there wasn't. Then I took the router down to an unencrypted basic state to confirm it would connect via the wireless adapter, which it would.
I then turned back on the Norton Internet Security firewalls, and connectivity was still good. I then increased encryption on the router one step at a time, matching the settings on the wireless network properties. I went to WEP with a hexadecimal key, and got good connectivity. I then increased to digit WEP and reestablished a good connection.
I then went to WPA personal successfully. The frustrating thing was, aside from the time I spent figuring this out, was that nowhere did I see this idea of step-by-step increases in encryption or suggestions to reduce it. No user guides, no help pages, not the manufacturer. The best help was this forum and the Linksys router guide I downloaded. Thank you. I have solved my problem and hopefully someone else will benefit from my experience.
That's great news! The valuable information you provided, should help out a lot more Vista users with wireless network problems. As you experienced, sometimes it just takes a little more digging to solve these pesky problems.
I have a desktop running XP and a laptop running Vista. The desktop is wired to the Netgear router and the laptop connects wirelessly to the router. The two computers share a printer and this works too. It all works but when I click on the little icons on the Vista laptop to see what wireless networks are available, there appears to be two. The other says it is an un-named and unsecure network.
There is nothing I can do to connect to this unnamed network. If I turn off the wireless operation of my router, both these apparent networks dissappear. I have WEP security enabled. What is going on? What is this second network? And can I get rid of it. It must be coming from my router I guess. More than likely the 2nd network is from your neighbor and somehow your Netgear router is picking it up.
When I see odd things like that on my Network, I know it's time to change all security settings on the router…you may want to do the same thing. Nope, I do not believe is not a neighbour. I do see other networks, but this unsecure un-named one dissappears if I turn off the wireless operation of my router.
Surely that means it is something to do with my router. Any external network should still show up on the laptop shouldn't it? I think it's the remnant of when you had your network up before. I found that when I changed the name of my network, the old name stayed as a viable option to select — even though the router was no longer transmitting that name.
Try turning on broadcast mode again until you have everything solved. Change the name to something else so you can tell which is which, and use WPA. Then, if you find an old network that isn't "real" anymore, delete it by using the REMOVE option when you have all available networks showing.
Ken Croft — look like you are not the only Netgear user who has encountered this. Disabling SSID broadcast only disables broadcasting the name. The network will still be announced but no one will be able to connect to it. Looks like you may not need to worry about it. Many thanks to you all. This was very helpful to know that I am not alone and that it is just a quirk of the Netgear router.
Just one more though, for Steve. Presumably this is in a menu somewhere in Vista? Thanks again Ken. Select Manage Wireless Networks. All the networks will be displayed — those your computer's wireless can see, and those it has ever chosen before such as hotels or airports, in case it ever sees them again.
Select the network that you no longer want. The Change Adapter button becomes the Remove button green minus sign , available to be selected. Select Remove. That network is removed from the list of available networks. Good luck. My laptop detects the D-Link router when I open "select a newtwork to connect to",but shows a red cross. It then tells me that the security settings in Vista do not match those for D-link. Any ideas. If you do, then you will need to configure the wireless adapter with the encryption settings on your laptop.
I'm not sure if this is a similar issue. No issues connecting with unsecure networks. My problem is I can't access the internet if there is a security password requirement.
I never am prompted to enter the Network key. Something is probably set wrong on my system but I can't find a setting to force a password prompt if there is a secure access point. Please, someone, help. At first I was able to "connect" but with limited access meaning no internet connection … I then disabled my router security and retried — I was then able to connect with no problem. Or you can open Network and Sharing center select Manage Wireless Networks from left pane , right click on the Network, select properties and check the box to Connect Automatically.
What do I do when the connect to a network says "the settings saved on this computer for the network do not match the requirements of the network. I have an issue with Vistas' wireless network settings.
I have to continually connect to the router manually. I have the same issue as Steve. Everytime I boot my laptop, I need to specify the network name, the security key and the type of encryption. Despite checking the 'Start this connection automatically' box, it does not save the settings. Do you have any resource material that covers this type of issue? I find lots of good stuff that covers the opposite hooking a Vista into an XP wireless setup.
Thank you for your consideration. Sorry, Vista is neither easier nor more intuitive. To start with, simply by moving every single parameter to somewhere other than where it was, MS has made it harder on everybody.
Then there are the piles of extra things to set, unset, unlock, whatever. Researching to get a new laptop on a secured network that works just fine with two XP laptops, three Linux devices, and a Mac, I have even found suggestions that it takes creating a new entry in the registry.
If MS had spent half the effort on evolving XP, instead of making all new chrome with less functionality, maybe it would have worked better. I don't know if anyone can help me, but I was running XP on my computer until a virus made me wipe the whole thing clean, and Dell gave me the Vista installation CD instead. So I installed Vista, and I am not sure on how to connect to the internet in my apartment.
I live with 2 other people, and we have a wireless router in the living room, but somehow my computer is not picking it up. When I go into the 'Set up connection or network,' there is no option for me to manually add the wireless router. Is there a step that I am missing? Or some form of hardware. Any advice would be helpful. Marisa:…This may not be the solution to your problem…. Do you have any problems connecting to a hard wired router or modem? I was able to connect to our wireless network just fine for months, than the day before i lost connection.
On the other pc, i can stil see the network broadcasting and i can connect to it the laptop refuses to see and connect to it even after the following steps:. Click Start. In the Start Search dialog box, type: cmd, and right-click cmd. Click Run as administrator. Restart the computer C 2. I have done all that is said and still i cannot see the network nor can I connect to it after manually adding it. I am about ready to light it on fire if that would work, but I still have hope for someone out there to help me.
Hi Team I am having problems trying to setup Vista Premium on wireless. I am not sure whether it is a problem with Vista or the wireless router settings.
I tried all other security options and it still doesn't work It picked up automatically by the laptop but it doesn't connect. I also have a problem accessing to internet using my wireless router.
My wireless never ask me about the password for a WEP security enabled network, But it never connects neither… How could I insert the password in order to have access to the web? I'using windows vista…. Was i really talking to a ATT rep that i dont know.
I'm able to connect to some unsecured networks neighbors, etc and even to a few that say they are secured poor setting of passwords IMO, since I was able to guess them. However, I'm not sure how secure my computer is on unsecured networks. Right now if I want to do any banking or anything that could be potentially "dangerous" I do it on my desktop PC that does not have wireless connection, just direct to the modem. That's about as safe as you can get from your desktop to your router…beyond that is anybody's guess on who's tapped in.
Did you get a fix for this? I'm having the same problem, using WEP security. Don't have a domain name to give.. My laptop is a compaq presario windows vista and my router is a D-link DIR When i view my network sharing and sharing center window it shows that my laptop is connected to my home network and to the internet but when i check the HP home network center, it shows that my laptop's wireless adapter is connected to my Home network via my wireless router but I am not connected to the Internet.
I was able to connect to the internet on the first day i tried to use the wireless network then after 2 or 3 days, i have no more access to the internet. I've already tried rebooting our modem, router and PC and disabled and enabled my laptop's wireless network but it's not working. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
I'm getting so frustrated because school is almost starting. Please contact your network administrator or Internet service provider. Hi, my laptop is Compaq Presario C The wireless switch button is not working, and i follow the 3rd step of " Manually Setup a wireless connection " i found that i have only 4 options, i dont have the option which is highliighted in the step 3 " Manually connect to a wireless network ". My school has a wired and wireless network all computers there are macs.
My new Dell pc — using vista- recognizes the wireless network and says it's connected however when I open Internet Explorer it searches for the homepage but then says " Page cannot be displayed". Can anyone tell me why I cannot get on the internet wirelessly? I cannot get online using the ethernet cable either using Vista.
Is it possible to put in the ip address etc manually on Vista? I can do this with my mac and it works fine. I also have an older pc using Windows and I can connect to the network using the ethernet cable. Why not with Vista? I really need to use my pc at work. I've this kind of problem: Before I could connect easily to wireless internets.
With this same password or passphrase my family has manage to connect the other laptops without any problems.. I'm not good with computers… Anyone? Had the same problems? What to do? Been through all of the above procedure, however upon reaching connection option, the "manually connect to a wireless network" is not included. Its see the router as wep protocol, then rejects the connection as failure in authentication. What is this? Before I call tech support, I thought I'd see if anyone was still active on this thread.
The home wifi network did not originally set itself up out of the box and tech support took hours, between Linksys and the subsequent tech support they sent me to. I tried a fix for our printer going offline and then royally screwed up my settings while trying to recover my wifi connection — without creating a restore point beforehand. One computer is still connected to wifi without problems, though I'm not certain about printing.
My computer can only connect to the internet via ethernet and I get printing error messages even if I plug the printer USB though the printer may have another problem. Atheros that appear on my screen — how to determine which I'm to use if I'm following troubleshooting procedures?
Network map — my McAfee security system is once again showing our home network and identifying all as friends 3. I have no internet without the ethernet cable 4. I've powered off the router and modem multiple times. What will happen when I use a paperclip to reset the router? Will I lose IP addresses, etc? Can the wireless connection info in Control Panel be restored to a default state?
Bert : thank you Bert! You just saved Christmas, as resetting it from WEP to WPA Personal allowed my so to connect his new toshiba netbook to my apple airport extreme wireless.
No PCs have been able to connect until now, but the macs and ipods had no problem. Now both can. Hi i have a problem with my Lenovo laptop which is running Xp. Every time i try to connect to my cousins wirless network which is unsecured and has a linksys modem not sure which type it connects perfectly but when i open up the mozilla firefox it says " server not found".
My cousins computer connects to the internet fine. I think the reason why my laptop wont connect because the data encryption setting is disabled but when i click on the authentication tab in properties of this network it says "IEEE I am shocked to see how many folks have had trouble getting their vista laptops to connect with their secured home wireless networks.
That is my problem. For a year we had an unsecured wireless network — my pc is running XP, my laptop is running XP, my Tivo network adapter can get on and my husband's vista laptop could. Then I secured the network. All devices except my husband's vista laptop can get on the network.
Changed the ssid and for one night the vista laptop could make a new connection to the network. But next night it couldn't. Have wpa-2 encryption, the linksys router has an option for both tkip and aes, I've tried tkip or aes on the vista laptop — neither works. The vista laptop says it's connected — the signal is strong, but limited access. This vista laptop can connect with any neighbor's unsecured networks — just not our secure one — even with all settings and passphrase matching and being entered appropriately.
I've spent hours this week trying. I poured through this thread and tried a few of the ideas — to no avail. I did unselect ITP6 — but that didn't make a difference. In addition, I have enabled our Mac Address Filtering and have our two wireless computers on there as the only allowed computers. But from what I am reading elsewhere, anyone can access my wireless network? I know this is not the best security but I thought we had at least something.
When I search all available wireless networks in my neighborhood, it does say that our network is a Security-Enabled Network. Can someone let me know if we are completely exposed right now for anyone to get onto our network? John : Did you hear of a solution? I have the same issue. Thanks Joanne. To fix a problem of not getting connected by wireless above 2 options are suggested everywhere and somehow I don't see both the options in my laptop.
I used vista. My computer does detects networks but I can't connect to it. A message appear it does take longer than usually.
I found it quite harder to set up rather than xp. Until today it still unable to connect. Using a desktop alternatively. I have a dell xps laptop with windows vista home premium 32 bit sp1.
John : I have the same problem John, Would appreciate if you got a solution. I just installed a lynksis Valet router. I have checked the "automatically connect.. I have talked to lynkis tewch couple times, they remotely controlled my lkaptop to try to fix but t no avail.. Oh yes, Once i am connected i stay connected just fine but it wont auto-connect…tks! I had the same thing on my laptop with Vista home — I could not see or connect to my wirless router.
I wish the Vista-help would have been more helpfull…. When i try to connect to wireless network with the Router, it throwing the error message ha " Unable to Connect to the Networks". I have a Netgear wireless router. I have four computers hooked up to the router via ethernet wire 2 XP destops and two Vista laptops. When using the wired connection, the Vista laptop can see and access all computers on the network, however, when I switch the laptop to wireless, it only sees the other Vista laptop.
The laptop can access the internet while wired or wireless. I am using WEP security. Can anyone tell me what to do to get the laptop to see the entire network wirelessly? It's an acer laptop using windows vista…. I still can't connect to my wireless router, my dad, my sister even my ps3 that is far away from the router can go online!
I am in serious need of help with my internet connection. Initially I couldn't connect at all- though I had a strong signal strength, typing in the network password was NOT gaining me access to the internet. All the time, signal strength for my network is very strong and I am able to get on the internet.
The problem is that the access fades in and out inexplicably, all the time. It will work perfectly for a few minutes and then I will get the yellow exclamation mark and the "Limited access" sign, and then it will reconnect and work perfectly again for a few minutes. Literally this happens all the time. It's very frustrating. I don't understand: if I authenticated successfully, why is it fading in and out? I replaced the mb on a Toshiba ms and now I can't see the wireless card.
I recovered the os to factory condition and have the latest driver but I still can't see the card. The card is a Realtek e. Hi, I have vista and I"m trying to add wap2 security to my wireless network. I go to my router's setup page and add a password, which then appears to be saved for all of the wireless networks that are set up on my computer that's what it looks like in "Manage Wireless Networks".
Anyway, my problem is that then when I try to connect, it now asks me for username and password. But I don't know my username. There is nowhere on the router's set-up page where I can specify a username.
Is it the name of the wireless network? That's not working. Any ideas on how to find out what my username is? Did you mean ad hoc PC-PC network? Since Windows Vista, 7 it is not able to connect automatically to ad hoc network.
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