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Vista doesn't like my wifi...
Indrid Cold
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I got a new computer, a laptop, with Vista installed on it (home premium, if it matters). It found and connected to neighbours' wifis without asking me (isn't that nice of it...) but, as was expected since I don't broadcast my SSID, it didn't find mine.
I had to set everything up: Enter my SSID, choose protection type (WEP), enter the WEP key, and enter IP addresses since I don't use DHCP. Then I had to go into the router's settings and add the computer's MAC address, since I restrict them.
Then I try to connect, and it always fails. I even made the network completely unsecure (broadcasted the SSID, no WEP or anything, no MAC restriction) and it still fails. "Diagnose" sometimes says that the computer doesn't have the same security information as the access point (which it does) and sometimes that the connection timed out.
Another OS I used on the same computer (Ubuntu liveCD), entering the very same settings for everything, connects to my router and the internet with no problem.
So...
I had to set everything up: Enter my SSID, choose protection type (WEP), enter the WEP key, and enter IP addresses since I don't use DHCP. Then I had to go into the router's settings and add the computer's MAC address, since I restrict them.
Then I try to connect, and it always fails. I even made the network completely unsecure (broadcasted the SSID, no WEP or anything, no MAC restriction) and it still fails. "Diagnose" sometimes says that the computer doesn't have the same security information as the access point (which it does) and sometimes that the connection timed out.
Another OS I used on the same computer (Ubuntu liveCD), entering the very same settings for everything, connects to my router and the internet with no problem.
So...
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vista is rather picky when it comes to wifi and doesn't like unsecured networks
try allowing ssid to show and setting securty to wpa-psk, vista seems to like that one
The neighbour's network that it automatically signed into was completely unsecured, so I don't think that's an issue. And I did turn off all security on mine, like I said, but it still wouldn't connect.
I have seen this happen a few times with old routers and new network cards, or visa versa.
Check which ones your card works with and which ones your router broadcasts.
And also, Ubuntu installed on the same computer connects, so it can't be a hardware issue.
I've contacted US Robotics as well, but I don't hold out much hope since they don't support the model any more.
Although it found my network and had it in the list, since I have encryption I had to add it manually -including the SSID, which it could find on its own.
And after that, it still wouldn't connect, because the dialog didn't have the option to choose if the WEP key is open or shared. So after adding it, I had to go to properties and choose "Shared". Which deleted the key, and I had to re-enter it.
And then they say it's "user-friendly"... :rolleyes: