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| Thread ID: 96028 | 2008-12-26 01:06:00 | Wireless Problem on a Re-installed XP Home | alsoslick (10137) | Press F1 |
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| 732624 | 2008-12-26 01:06:00 | Hey I have a Dell Inspiron B130 and I just re-installed Windows XP Home Edition. I installed all the drivers on the dell website for wireless internet. It can find my wireless signal, but displays an error when I attempt to connect to it. My wireless card is the "Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card". The card and drivers seem to be working fine, I think it just might be a configuration problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! | alsoslick (10137) | ||
| 732625 | 2008-12-26 02:33:00 | Whats the error message say? | stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 732626 | 2008-12-26 03:31:00 | "Windows cannot configure this wireless connection. If you have enabled another program to configure this wireless connection, use that software. If you want to use Windows to configure this wireless connection, click 'Change advanced settings,' click the Wireless Networks tab, and then select the check box labeled 'Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings.'" The thing is, I don't have another program to configure my wireless, and I did select the "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings" check box. I really don't know what to do. |
alsoslick (10137) | ||
| 732627 | 2008-12-26 03:34:00 | OK. I don't know why but that message suddenly went away and allowed me to start connecting to my wireless network. Except now, it displays a new error message saying: "Windows is unable to connect to the selected network. The network may no longer be in range. Please refresh the list of available networks, and try to connect again." The network is not out of range because I am within 5 feet of it. I am current connected to the modem through an ethernet cable. And when I refresh the list, it displays the same error when I try to connect again. |
alsoslick (10137) | ||
| 732628 | 2008-12-26 03:34:00 | Is SP2 or 3 installed? Since I think you need at least SP2 to get wireless properly See if any of this helps (support.microsoft.com) Is this wireless adapter also an access point?? If it isnt a wireless router or act as an access point, thats probably why nothing can connect to it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 732629 | 2008-12-26 03:40:00 | It's SP2 and yes it is a wireless router. This laptop used to have no problem connecting wirelessly through it until I recently re-installed Windows. | alsoslick (10137) | ||
| 732630 | 2008-12-26 03:50:00 | In that case, you have to login into the router, and configure the settings there. Its got nothing to do with windows | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 732631 | 2008-12-26 04:01:00 | What would I have to do with the configuration? I've tried doing things other people have suggested but nothing has helped. | alsoslick (10137) | ||
| 732632 | 2008-12-26 04:26:00 | Enable wireless in the router , change it to WPA/WPA2, give it a passphrase. Save the settings / reboot Do the same with the wireless adapters / whatever you want to connect it to. Whatever you set the encryption to in the router, the other devices have to have the same. For things to work Also if both have channels / configure them (the PC thats got the wireless on it) should work with Windows Wireless Wizard. Or do it manually |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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