Windows Vista Wireless Networking problems: Unidentified Network, Local Access Only

If you would be a little more specific about the set-up of the network maybe someone could assist you sorting out your issues with wireless networking.

 

Vista + Wireless Network = working fine for me.

 

pcgeek11

Hi

 

How specific do you want. heres my info.

 

Intel Duo Core 2.8Ghz

2GB DDR2 Ram

Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit

160GB Hard Drive - 80g - Windows XP - 80GB - Windows Vista

ATI Radeon X1300 PRO AGP

Asus P5VDC-MX Motherboard

 

Dlink Wireless Draft N Router and Adaptor

DIR-615

 

Tried both DHCP and Static, still no hope !!!

 

Hope these info can help !!!!!

How is the Router set-up?

 

Are you using security WEP?

 

Can you ping the router?

 

Can you log into the routers web setup?

 

Are you running a Firewall?

 

If so is it configured properly?

 

Antivirus Software?

 

Can you see other computers on the network?

 

Are all PC's on the same workgroup?

 

pcgeek11

 

Hi

 

Thats seems alot of complicated questions but heres some answers to it.

 

Router is set up as a WP2 - Personal encryption not WEP.

 

I can ping the router

 

With regards to Are all PC's on the same workgroup,

i belive it does not matter, as i dont actually want to create a network, just to solely use the internet via the Wireless Router.

 

No i cant log into routers web setup, as this cant be done wirelessly

 

Hope these help !!!!!

Try this article: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0406.mspx

 

and this

 

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesssetup.mspx#step1

This link is for XP but it has some good pointers in it.

 

Try a few things one at a time and lets see what happens.

 

1.) Turn off the encryption just to test this as a cause.

 

2.) Same with the firewall and Antivirus.

 

3.) Delete the network connection you have set-up already, then reboot and start over on setting it up.

 

4.) From a command prompt; Type: " ipconfig /release " press enter, then Type " ipconfig /renew " and press enter.

 

You should be able to log into the router from a wireless connection I do it all the time.

 

pcgeek11

Here is more information.

 

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_general&thread.id=254598

 

pcgeek11

No, i have nothing installed on my Vista, no software no Virus Programs, just Vista itself

I had a similar problem with my new Dell XPS machine with Vista pre-loaded onto it. I could connect to the router with a cord, but the Netgear wireless adapter Dell sold me just couldn't seem to stay connected for more than a minute or two. That was strange because other computers could connect just fine to my Netgear wireless router.

 

Dell eventually solved the problem. Dell replaced my Netgear wireless adapter with a Belkin wireless adapter. Everything worked immediately as soon as we did that. Vista is pretty and may be the future of computing (only if Microsoft soon releases a major service pack imho), but it is a pain to work with. Vista just does not play well with wireless networks. If you use Vista, this is just something you have to accept.

 

 

Did you ever get it working?

 

I have found the opposite to be true. I have the 1390 wireless card and it has connected to everything I have thrown at it... With Zero Effort.

 

pcgeek11