Is the card enabled in the BIOS? Is your router set to hide the SSID? If so, set it back to enable SSID broadcasting so that your network card will see it.
Yes, the card is enabled in BIOS and the router SSID is not hidden. As I said in my first post, a PC in a different room is connected to this router wirelessly and has no problem. Just the laptop, which sits right next to the router cannot detect it. I can connect the laptop through the internal NIC with an Ethernet cable, but the speed is extremely slow, almost like a 14.4 modem. So basically 2 problems, wireless doesn't work at all, and wired is very slow.
To help troubleshoot this problem, go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.
I have finally been able to get the wireless card to recognize my network, after first taking the laptop to a wi-fi hotspot to test the card. It worked fine there. Then at home I tinkered with the USR8022 configuration utility and, after changing the basic connection rate in the wireless advanced section, the network was suddenly detected. However, speed still varies a lot, from fast to no response at all, although the connection has 5 bars and is stated as "Excellent". I wonder why this is and how it can be fixed.
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December 23rd, 2005 19:00
Is the wireless card enabled in the BIOS? Is the wireless card turned on (the Fn F2 key combination toggles the wireless adapter on and off)?
Steve
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December 25th, 2005 15:00
Yes, the card is enabled and turned on.
Ron
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December 25th, 2005 19:00
Is the card enabled in the BIOS? Is your router set to hide the SSID? If so, set it back to enable SSID broadcasting so that your network card will see it.
Steve
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December 26th, 2005 23:00
volcano11
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December 27th, 2005 02:00
To help troubleshoot this problem, go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.
Steve
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December 28th, 2005 11:00
I have finally been able to get the wireless card to recognize my network, after first taking the laptop to a wi-fi hotspot to test the card. It worked fine there. Then at home I tinkered with the USR8022 configuration utility and, after changing the basic connection rate in the wireless advanced section, the network was suddenly detected. However, speed still varies a lot, from fast to no response at all, although the connection has 5 bars and is stated as "Excellent". I wonder why this is and how it can be fixed.
Thanks,
Ron