Desktop not connecting to router. Please help

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

let you all in on a secret

the BEST EVER wireless card (USB) around at the moment is this one

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Alfa-AWUS036H...item1c1656af7a

i buy them 3 at a time for the clients of the wireless network we run in an over 50's village up here

they are brilliant

geoff

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Thanks Alistair.
Give me a few hours to slowly work out what you said, try them, and se what happens.
If all fails it may need a new network card.
No, it's not a Netgear wireless card, it's an MSI wireless card.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

let you all in on a secret

the BEST EVER wireless card (USB) around at the moment is this one

geoff

Thanks Geoff.
Can they be bought in shops like Officeworks, Hardly Normal etc?

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

off Ebay Ken

not readily available here as far as i know - nice and dear if you can find them

the place in that link is generally the cheapest - and delivery is reasonably quick - around 7days or so

geoff

[bartman (Bart)]

Heya Ken,
Sorry I missed you the other night. I was at work and thought it would be quiet enough to give a hand..... but alas It got busy.
Anyway- obviously I missed some of the things that have been done ( but I did see the curious abrupt end to one of the help sessions that night ? )
Anyhoo.... one thing I thought of was, when I saw the session where you were attempting to enter the password ( passkey) on the dud puter, is that I'm wondering if the router has a different encryption protocol than your puter. In other words the router may have been set up with WEP protocol and your puter with say....WPA-PSK protocol.
So you might have been typing in the right 'network password' but just not the right protocol.
I made this booboo a few years ago and took me a week to sort out.
Have you got a name for the 'dud puter'?. I dont like calling it dud.
Are you familiar with getting to the home page of the router? On mine I go and open up firefox and type into the address bar 192.168.2.1 .
From there I can see ( via navigating through the menu ) which device ( puters/ mob phone etc) are connected to the router.
I just think ( this happened to me ) the dud puter had a conniption. Reset some stuff and made the router think its there but not.
Hence the connecting/disconnecting...

I'm not an IT dude but have played with puters for a loooong time ( build my own) but that doesn't mean I know all and what I have just written might not be a solution, just another possibility

I dont know why the device manager had that yellow warning sign on the router....
A suggestion for that would be to remove the card from your puter. Start the puter and try and remove the drivers from the system.
This might sound silly, but reboot the computer a few times ( but in between try and access the net - just let it give you the error msgs of not being able to connect to a network and cxl/close the warning boxes)
Then re-install the card ( maybe in a different slot if available). Re-install the drivers and .......hope.....

Thats all for now....yes a lot to digest including the other helpful posts that could be solutions.....

Mate...good luck and happy days
Bartman

[alistairsam]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Thanks Alistair.
Give me a few hours to slowly work out what you said, try them, and se what happens.
If all fails it may need a new network card.
No, it's not a Netgear wireless card, it's an MSI wireless card.

Hi Ken,

have a look at the system event viewer to start with. as I mentioned, that will tell you why it disconnected. copy and paste that if you can into this thread.

to ensure you've got the the authentication and encryption matched to the router, simplest way is to compare settings with the laptop side by side without making changes. (remember to hit cancel)

if there's still no luck and you have'nt got another adaptor, let me know and myself or someone you know can connect to your PC via teamviewer if you can temporarily connect a network cable and install teamviewer. (www.teamviewer.com)

couple of wireless adaptors in local shops.

http://dicksmith.com.au/product/XH96...-n-usb-adapter


http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail...ess-N/NENP910N

http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/a...ter-sku-51679/

bet you're confused with all the different suggestions!

just let us know what you tried last and the results and we can suggest from there.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by alistairsam

Hi Ken,

bet you're confused with all the different suggestions!

Yep, confused beyond belief.

I have just read the last few posts and my head is spinning and I don't even understand most of it. The jargon is waayyy beyond me.

encryption, wep(to test), or wpa-psk, encryption protocol, WEP protocol, WPA-PSK protocol, cxl/close, system event viewer,


and no, I don't have a network cable.

I really appreciate all the help you guys are giving me in an attempt to help me out, but for me it really is like being lost in a crowded back street market in Mesopotamia an asking for directions from the non English speaking locals, while trying to ride a bicycle for the first time.
Very overwhelming and starting to cause anxiety.
So I have decided to prevent myself from having a total migraine, to abandon any attempt until I get a tech here in my house who can sit down at the computer and do it for me.
Yeah, a cop-out, but I am really starting to get anxiety from this. That shouldn't happen.

Thanks for all the help. You're a great crowd always willing to help.