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Thank you Brian,
I checked that both computers had the correct security settings / key and
then checked the signal strength. I tried ipconfig and it said the wireless
card was disconnected?? Assuming there was a problem with the actual card or
pci slot I swapped slots and hey presto...........worked first time!
Thanks for taking the time to answer,
Shizzy.
"Brian Wehrle [MSFT]" wrote:
> Dear Shizzy,
>
> I am assuming that you are connecting through the View Available Networks
> dialog. You should see a list showing all of the networks that are visible.
> In that list,
> from you email, appears your new network. Now, you have not said how you
> have configured the network. For example, if you have configured this
> network
> to use a WEP key you would need to enter that information when connecting.
>
> Now from the View Available Networks network list, each network should
> appear with some text explaining what type of security is enabled for this
> network,
> and if a password is needed. The password is obtained when configuring the
> wireless router/modem. Please refer to the setup instructions from the
> manufacturer for help with that part.
>
> However, if you are not prompted for a password, and the network is not
> using a password and the connection still fails, there is some other type of
> problem.
> In this case you might check to make sure you have adequate signal strength
> and that the router is not set up to perform any sort of firewall
> functionality
> (which would exclude non-specified machines from connecting). I am assuming
> that this is not the case, but one can never tell.
>
> Please let me know. Happy Holidays!
>
> --
> Brian Wehrle
> bwehrle@online.microsoft.com
> Software Test Engineer/Wireless Networking
> Microsoft Corp.
>
>
>
> "shizzy" <shizzy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B2C7ECA5-4923-4057-91A8-051ABA331F08@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all, I've just bought a BT Voyager Networking Kit ( 2100 Router/Modem
> > and
> > 1040 Wireless Adaptor). I have the Router connected to one pc via supplied
> > ethernet cable and the router is recognised and connects to the internet
> > with
> > no problems. My second pc has the wireless adaptor installed and
> > recognises
> > the router but "cannot connect to the network". I'm using the same
> > workgroup
> > name and i do get an animated screen showing the computers trying to
> > connect,
> > but no joy! Any suggestions or settings I should or shouldn't be using?
> > Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
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