Is the router broadcasting its SSID? If not, do you know the SSID of the network (network or router name)? If you do, you can open Network Connections, right click on your wireless connection, select Properties, click on the Wireless tab and Add the network name (SSID) to the list of available networks. This assumes that Windows is managing your wireless networks. If Windows is not managing, you need to tell us which utility is managing the wireless network.
Thanks for replying! Yes, Windows is managing the network and I had created the network, but it still isn't being detected. I have also inputted the WEP key and other wireless settings from my computer. What confuses me is that we didn't add the other networks that show up (they obviously just show up automatically when they're detected), so our network ("3Com" ) shouldn't even have to be added in the first place, should it?! Is there any reason why it would detect some networks but not ours? It's mad!
Yes, any network in range that doesn't have its SSID hidden should show up in the list of available networks. You didn't answer my question about whether or not the SSID of the network you want to connect to is hidden or not. If you temporarily go back to the simplest settings (SSID broadcast enabled, no encryption, no MAC Address filtering), does the network show up?
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Message Edited by vb7000 on 02-18-2007 04:44 PM
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