Wireless connection problems

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Which configuration utility are you using for the wireless?

Do you have a profile set up for your home network?

Have you tried using WPA instead of WEP?

Clark

"boiler41" <boiler41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24210FF3-968A-40EE-8092-07541F81E827@microsoft.com...
>I got a new laptop from work with an internal wireless network card that
> works great when I'm at work.
> However when I come home it will always connect to the wireless network in
> my house, it just won't receive any packets.
> When I try the repair option it says it can't renew my ip address and i'm
> assigned a 169.254.*.* address which i know means it's having trouble
> talking
> to the network.
> I know the wireless network is working fine becuase friends bring over
> their
> laptops and they connect just fine,
> and I know it's not my computer becuase it connects to my office network
> no
> problem.
> It also does connect sparadically without problems, but those days are few
> and far between.
> Any ideas as to what could be fumbling up my connection?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

"boiler41" <boiler41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:24210FF3-968A-40EE-8092-07541F81E827@microsoft.com...
>I got a new laptop from work with an internal wireless network card that
> works great when I'm at work.
> However when I come home it will always connect to the wireless network in
> my house, it just won't receive any packets.
> When I try the repair option it says it can't renew my ip address and i'm
> assigned a 169.254.*.* address which i know means it's having trouble talking
> to the network.
> I know the wireless network is working fine becuase friends bring over their
> laptops and they connect just fine,
> and I know it's not my computer becuase it connects to my office network no
> problem.
> It also does connect sparadically without problems, but those days are few
> and far between.
> Any ideas as to what could be fumbling up my connection?

The work laptop probably belongs to your employer and
is set up by your company's IT.
Check whether you are allowed to connect it to your home wireless.
If yes, the IT can help to arrange this.
--PA

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

I am having the same problem. I cannot run to my workplace's IT staff
because I am in college using my own laptop. I have the very same problem
that you described and it's driving me bonkers. SOS!

"Pavel A." wrote:

> "boiler41" <boiler41@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:24210FF3-968A-40EE-8092-07541F81E827@microsoft.com...
> >I got a new laptop from work with an internal wireless network card that
> > works great when I'm at work.
> > However when I come home it will always connect to the wireless network in
> > my house, it just won't receive any packets.
> > When I try the repair option it says it can't renew my ip address and i'm
> > assigned a 169.254.*.* address which i know means it's having trouble talking
> > to the network.
> > I know the wireless network is working fine becuase friends bring over their
> > laptops and they connect just fine,
> > and I know it's not my computer becuase it connects to my office network no
> > problem.
> > It also does connect sparadically without problems, but those days are few
> > and far between.
> > Any ideas as to what could be fumbling up my connection?
>
> The work laptop probably belongs to your employer and
> is set up by your company's IT.
> Check whether you are allowed to connect it to your home wireless.
> If yes, the IT can help to arrange this.
> --PA
>
>
>