Any help you can give me in this matter would be greatly helpful. Worked for me, thanks. Already an aggravating start though, why the heck didn't it detect it? Ok — when i follow the advice to set up a wireless connection to my linksys wireless modem that has wep 64bite encrytpion.
When I click on that box, I get a window that wants me to enter a user name, password, and domain name. Of which there is none. So the connection fails.
This same thing happens any time I want to connect to a secure router, even other brands like Bilken. The only way I can connect wireless is though a non secure system. I'm getting the "Windows cannot find any networks" message, so I clicked on "Setup a connection or network. So now what?
Why isn't the network being displayed in the first place? The SSID is being broadcast. I can see it and connect to it with no difficulty from my MacBook Pro, but Windows can't see it? Maybe Microsoft has finally realized that the only way to make Windows secure is to keep its users off of networks. It sounds like your making the connection, but what ever your connecting to wants you to authenticate before allowing access like a Private Network behind a Firewall, maybe a Neighbor's Network, etc..
I'm trying to connect my father-in-law's brand new Windows laptop to his wireless network. The network has no password, no encryption, and it's broadcasting the SSID.
I have no difficulty seeing or connecting to it with my MacBook Pro without authenticating. Check with the manufacturer to see if the latest driver is installed for your Network card. Also check the support knowledge base and forums of the manufacturer to see if other users are having the same problems.
You may find a solution. I spent about an hour online chatting with HP tech support. They kept giving me instructions that didn't make any sense for this model e.
They sent me a bunch of urls to get the drivers, and I had to remind them that I couldn't download anything to the Compaq because it didn't have a network, and downloading them to my Mac wouldn't do me any good because I couldn't install them on the Compaq because I had no way to get them onto the Compaq because it doesn't even have bluetooth—not that I would be able to get it to work even if it did. So then they said I should try restarting the Compaq and hitting F8 as soon as the red Compaq logo appeared to get some kind of setup menu.
This turned out to be very amusing. First of all, can you believe how freaking difficult they've made it to find the restart command in Vista???? Holy crap! It took me about three minutes to find it! Then, after the reboot, the Compaq logo appeared, but it was white, not red. So as I'm wondering when the red one is going to show up I realized that Windows was already starting up, so I have to restart it again.
Windows starts up again. So another restart, and this time I try holding down F10, because there's a message on the screen that says something about holding down F10 to get some kind of setup menu. So when the menu appears I start looking around for this "last known good configuration" thing they said to look for. But it's nowhere to be found. So at this point I'd decided I'd wasted about enough time with Compaq tech support, who obviously haven't got a clue about how their products actually work, and with this cocked-up abortion of an operating system.
So I told my father-in-law that the obvious solution to his problem was to return this POS laptop and go get a MacBook.
The next time someone tells me they're having trouble with a Windows computer I'm just going to say, "I'm sorry to hear that. That's interesting. I remember seeing that option somewhere, and it was checked, but I thought IP v6 support should be standard on any new laptop.
Macs have had it for years. They're useless. They don't even list this model on their site. I swear there is no EF or EM on the sticker on this machine or in the system info in firmware. It's not. I can see it on the Mac in the Airport menu. I don't even have to run Kismet to see it.
But in Vista, it keeps telling me that the settings aren't valid for a network. Vista cna see the network but not connect to it. It really wants me to import the settings using a USB flash drive, so I did that. I also tried every entry manually. The settings that work on XP and are exported to my flash drive or printout for manual entry are:.
In Vista, however, these options aren't selectable this way. For instance, with an open network authentication type, WEP is not a selectable option. Key index is driven to 1, 2, 3, or 4, but not a zero or blank.
How can I connect from Vista to a working encrypted wireless network, that it can see, that my XP computes can connect to? I've tried every option of every menu multiple times. I even tried to reset my router back to store values to start unencrypted and start fresh, but I could get it to that either. 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. Some computers may be running windows xp, a few may be running vista and a few others may be running windows 7.
So, how do you network these computers to enable network file sharing. First you need to set up the physical network. I am not going to detail how to set up the physical network here and there will be a separate tutorial on it. Assuming that your physical network is setup connecting all the computers, the following need to be done for the computers in the network to find each other.
If a few computers in the network run windows xp, it is important to use the same Workgroup name for all other computers in the network. You must also keep in mind that the default Workgroup name is not the same in all versions of Windows.
The first step is to ascertain the Workgroup name in a computer running Windows XP. This is how you can find it. Make sure that you give the same Workgroup name in all other computers in the network running windows xp.
The next step is to find and change the workgroup name in all other computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7. Follow the steps outlined below in all such computers, to change them to the same workgroup name as in computers running windows xp. Next, check the network location in all computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7. The network location type is displayed below the network name. To change the network location, click the network location link for eg. You can also turn on these sharing options individually.
To turn on network discovery, file and printer sharing, and public folder sharing in Windows 7 , do the following. Finally, Click Save changes. To turn on network discovery, file sharing, public folder sharing, and printer sharing in Windows Vista, do the following. That is it. You can also turn on password-protected sharing in computers running windows 7 and vista.
This is a detailed guide on setting up a home network connecting computers running Windows 7, XP and Vista. This enables network sharing to share files and more. How can I overcome this problem? Your email address will not be published. Home Network Setup connecting computers running windows 7, xp and vista Often, not all computers that you run may have the same windows OS. Click Start , right-click My Computer , and then click Properties. In System Properties window, click the Computer Name tab to see the workgroup name.
Your computer name is what you had given when you installed windows xp. To change the name, click Change , type the new name in Computer name , and then click OK.
Change Workgroup name in computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7 The next step is to find and change the workgroup name in all other computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7.
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