We have a wireless network at home with 2 desktops (both have Vista) and a laptop (XP). Both of the desktops are not connecting to the network…they don’t even see the network, but the laptop is fine, which is how I am able to ask this question. I have tried everything I can think of. It is not the internet connection itself, as we are able to connect via the laptop. We did have a power surge early in the morning, so I don’t know if that has anything to do with it. HP can’t help me either. They said my warranty ran out 5 days ago, of course!! Do I need to purchase new wireless adapters? Or can one of you give me some advice on how to get our desktops to recognize the network we currently have. I would appreciate any help and will choose a best answer. Thanks.
I have tried uplugging the modem and router, but it doesn't help. How do I check to see how many channels the router is set to? I don't know much about it. It is a Linksys Wireless B router. Thanks.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Wyatt Earp // Sep 29, 2008
Try unplugging the power to your router for 30 seconds and plug it back in again.
Cheers
2 plui234 // Sep 29, 2008
You can try unplugging the power from the modem and then the router for about 10 seconds,then plug them back in .Let the modem and router cycle back and make sure all the lights are green.its called resetting the modem and router.It always works when connectivity gets lost.
3 Pocky // Sep 29, 2008
You should go advance here.
Here’s some solutions.
1. Check the router’s advance setting on the frequency transmitted. If it transmit only one frequency such as N-Draft frequency, your wireless adapter can’t detect the network if your adapter only supports till 802.11g.
2. Check the router’s channels. I mean like the available channels on the router for it to deal with computers. If the channel only set to two channels, then the router only serve 2 computers.
3. Check the security setting. I also had problems setting the security password with my N-draft belkin. It kind of not working when i enabled the security password.
4. If your adapter supports N-draft or N1 whatever, check the advance setting. Make sure that your adapter is enabled to recieve and deal with those frequencies. So kind of sync. with the router’s setting I mentioned on number 1.
good luck.
tips: To strengthen your signal, you can turn off any wireless devices such as wireless phones, handphones, and anything wireless.
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