http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22631823 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:28 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22636524 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22636524 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:25:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635513 No_Strings as long as you use strong encryption and a long random key your safe. Hiding the SSID, as noted in the FAQ, is just smoke and mirrors and quite simply can cause connectivity issues like you had. Hre is another reference for your reading pleasure.

»www.microsoft.com/technet/networ···net.mspx

Glad to hear its working...
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MS-MVP Windows Desktop Experience]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635513 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:00:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635402 Wireless Networking Forum FAQ »What happens when I disable SSID Broadcast? Am I more secure?

There's a bit of jargon in there, so if you need clarification feel free to ask.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635402 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:37:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635351
On one more side note since I'm speaking to somebody so well informed can you explain what SSID broadcasting is? From what I understand this being enabled is what allows the network to show in the list when someone scans the area for wireless networks. I've looked into it and everywhere I've looked says to disable SSID broadcasting to have a more secure wireless network but every time I disable it it kills my wireless connection. So I'm forced to leave it enabled. Is this correct or am I misinformed yet again?

Thank you for your time, patience and information thus far!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635351 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:26:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635227
I just got home and I'm gonna go work on this again right now. Will inform you of the results. Thx for all the help so far.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635227 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:04:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635008
I would not use the wireless hardware utility manager but use Windows to manage the card instead. If you open the wireless hardware manager there should be a setting to disable it and/or allow Windows control.

You should use WPA2-Personal (aka WPA2-PSK [AES]) if the router AND all of your clients support that. Otherwise WPA-Personal (aka WPA-PSK [TKIP]) is good. In both cases use a long random ASCII key. I use a 63-character random ASCII key and WPA2-Personal.

»theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/L···ity.html
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MS-MVP Windows Desktop Experience]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22635008 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:25:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22634326
Yesterday when I power cycled the router it did default all the settings which essentially forced me to start from scratch.

I haven't tried connecting without any encryption yet I'll try that too. Do you think uninstalling/reinstalling the wireless utility software would have any effect?

On a side note what encryption type do you recommend? Networking is one of my weaknesses. :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22634326 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:34:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22632484
If you go to Start > Run and type cmd /k ipconfig do you get a valid IP from the router, ie. NOT a 169.X.X.X address.

Have you tried without any encryption to see if the PC connects and can access the internet? If so go back and redo the security settings again.

You also might consider resetting the router back to its factory defaults and starting over again on both the routre and PC. Don't use the repair function on the PC. I have never trusted that personally.
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MS-MVP Windows Desktop Experience]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22632484 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:27:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22631823
Yesterday my Comcast cable and Internet went out for a few hours. The cable came back but the net didn't until I power cycled my computer, modem, and router. The XP machine could not connect wirelessly after the Vista machine was up and running however.

After opening the wireless utility on the XP computer I noticed my network was not there. So I went to the routers configuration page and saw that the SSID was defaulted and the passphrase was gone. After setting those back up and reopening the wireless utility and scanning for networks mine popped up and I was able to connect to it at 99% signal strength. But it still doesn't work. I can't connect to the Internet even though it says it's connected.

I've tried the Windows repair option and it completes successfully. I've rebooted the machine. I've tried pinging Google and Yahoo from a command prompt and it fails. I've tried disconnecting from the network and reconnecting manually. I don't know what else to try. It shows that it's connected and working but it's not working. I need some ideas please! :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Wireless-connection-dead-need-help-22631823 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:06:43 EDT