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April 12th, 2008 23:00

Wireless network connection - STATUS - Not connected

My wife has an Inspiron 6000 running XP.  The wireless card is an Intel(R) Pro/Wireless 2200BG.  The wireless router is a LINKSYS Wireless-G 2.4GHZ.

 

She was last on her laptop connected to the internet on Tuesday (10th) night with no problems.  The last thing when closing down for the night was the system updating with upgrades from MS.  When she went to use it on Wednesday (11th) night she couldn't get on the internet.  Under network connections for Wireless Network Connection the STATUS is shown as Not connected.  Disabling and renabling does nothing.  Repair doens't do anything either.  I have checked everything I can think of and cannot get it to reconnect.   I know I must be missing something.  She needs to be able to get back online with her laptop to be able to do school work.

 

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks 

  • volcano11

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    Posted April 13th, 2008 05:00

    Did you try power cycling the router (turn it off then turn it back on)?

     

    Steve

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    Posted April 13th, 2008 17:00

    Yes.  I've done it a number of times.  Same result - Nothing.  I also looked at adding and remove hardware and it says that the wireless card is working.  I just can't get it to reconnect.  It was fine up until the downloads from MS and then the next day it showed as not connected.

     

     

    Thanks

     

    Ivan 

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    Posted April 13th, 2008 18:00

    SUCCESS.  Finally got it figured out.  The WPA Shared Key was wiped out.  I re-entered it and SUCCESS.  My wife's laptop is back on the internet.