Problem with laptop and wireless network
Rob-G
Edinburgh, Scotland
The laptop is a Toshiba 1700 series running XP Home. A PC card (3Com) has linked successfully to the house wireless network for 2 to 3 years. Curiously it stopped working when my son used the laptop while we were on holiday !!
It seems that it is receiving the wireless router (60% signal strength). The wireless network management app. on the laptop shows the SSID and MAC address from the router (tab 'Site Survey'), but the tab called Link Information has these blank and a cross against an image of the link whereas when it was working this tab showed the required info. A button says the radio is ON - if you switch it off, scanning does not find the router so that works!
Control panel / Network Connections shows 'Broadband Connection - disconnected'.
The wireless network is secure and the key has been entered.
The PC card and associated software have been fully removed and re-installed.
My son's computer has been sorted (!) and receives the network perfectly.
Any ideas - it is my wife's computer so (a) there is pressure to get it working and (b) brownie points if I can do so !!
Cheers and thanks for any ideas
Rob
It seems that it is receiving the wireless router (60% signal strength). The wireless network management app. on the laptop shows the SSID and MAC address from the router (tab 'Site Survey'), but the tab called Link Information has these blank and a cross against an image of the link whereas when it was working this tab showed the required info. A button says the radio is ON - if you switch it off, scanning does not find the router so that works!
Control panel / Network Connections shows 'Broadband Connection - disconnected'.
The wireless network is secure and the key has been entered.
The PC card and associated software have been fully removed and re-installed.
My son's computer has been sorted (!) and receives the network perfectly.
Any ideas - it is my wife's computer so (a) there is pressure to get it working and (b) brownie points if I can do so !!
Cheers and thanks for any ideas
Rob
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