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Vista Wirelss Problems
Hi, I'm running Vista on a XPS M1330 machine and I'm having some trouble logging onto a security-enabled wireless connection. The error that I am recieving is along the lines of "network denied the association...". I don't have any trouble logging into any other networks/connections except this one. I have an older machine running XP that has no problems connecting. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Can I re-configure Vista somehow to connect without having access to the router? Thanks
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00
If you are not getting anything on the Connect to screen, your wireless may be off, there's a switch to turn it on at the right or left side, also you should get a light indicating it is ON the wireless.483
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00
If somebody setup your wireless on your XP computer, he/she may set the passkey, it is only for the first time you set a wireless network after that, it will be saved and connected automatically when the signal is detected (is the most common configuration)...You can go to the "router's webpage" and check for the passkey. Usually you can acces to the "router's webpage" by typing on the address bar of the IE 192.168.1.1 (which is the default gateway).You can check what's your defaukt gateway (using your XP computer that is connected to the router already) by click on start, go to run, type cmd, and at the command prompt type IPCONFIG (no upper case necesary), then you'll get the default gateway which may be a number on the format X.X.X.XWhen you get the numbers, go to the internet explorer, type numbers on the Address bar (not a search box) and then you will be asked by a user name and a password, depending what brand of router the user names can be:USERNAME admin adminPASSWORD admin password admin passwordAlso can be found at the bottom of your router on a sticker.If somebody changed the password, and you aren't able to get it, reset the router by holding the reset buttom for about 20 seconds... After that, the password will be the default (the one in the bottom) and the netowk will be not security enabled, meaning anybody can get "free access" to internet if they connect to your router.482
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00
If you cannot see it on the list, how are you trying to connect, how do you receive an error... Are you setting the wireless manually.There's also a feature for the router to "hide" (broadcast) the network. Using this, you have to setup the wireless manually. If you can explain step by step what you do to try to connect to the wireless I'd get a better idea where the problem may be...483
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00
Security enabled networks requires for a passkey, that's why they are secure...If when you go to the Start (on Vista) then to Connect to and you get something like this:It does needs a passkeyIf you get this:It doesn't need a passkey.As I said before maybe if your ISP setup your wireless, they may used a 10 digits passky (commonly your phone number 1234567890) with no spaces or dashes...483
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00
Thanks for the info, I'll give those options a try. The thing that interests me however is that the XP machine was never configured and never required a passphrase. The network was identified and then it worked immediately.Any ideas what would cause this?483
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00
No... I can see the network, and log on to other networks fine. I am only having problems with the one network that I can log on to with XP, but cannot with Vista and I'm trying to figure out why. If I try to connect, it just gives me an error.BTW, thanks for the help so far.664
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00
I can see the network on the list and it says "security enabled network". All that happens when I try to connect is that it gives me an error and does not allow me to connect.483
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00
I do not know the pass phrase for the site. This is where I am really confused. With XP, no pass phrase is requested and the connection is seamless. With Vista, it seems to require a passphrase. What gives?483
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00
A problem I had with my E1505 and wireless,I was sometimes not able to connect to any access pointThe connection was dropThe system got slow while connectingI got it fixed by updating the wireless driver.Are you using the correct pass key to connect to your wireless?
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Posted September 10th, 2007 14:00