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 Spike Dragon Level: 57 Posts: 417/705 EXP: 1483261 Next: 2667 Since: 02-19-07 From: 
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Ok, my mom has a computer running vista. We have cable internet with a Linksys router that has a wireless-b network. My mom's computer was using a Linksys wireless-b USB adapter, and it would find our router, but when it connected to it (signal strength was always 'excellent'), it wouldn't connect to the internet. This adapter is kinda old, and we were thinking it was just wearing out.
We got a wireless-G PCI adapter (specifically, Linksys WMP54G), and it's installed in my mom's computer, and the USB wireless-b adapter is now unplugged. Now my mom's computer can't locate any wireless networks whatsoever. "Windows can't find any networks", and Linksys's utility says "Cannot associate with the access point". I think the router does broadcast the ssid. The router is in my room, and it's against the inner wall. My mom's computer (and the adapter) is one floor below my room, and one room in front of my room, against the farther wall (not the wall mine's against), so the distance between the router and the adapter isn't all that far. The adapter's antenna, is along the back of the computer tower, with the tip of it about an inch and a half above the top of the computer, against (close to, not actually physically touching) a wall, and the tower is on the floor, lower than where the USB adapter was. My mom's laptop (with a wireless B/G card) can connect to the router in around the same area as the G adapter, but we tested this in a different room, but the area is the same, and is even farther away from the router. So in both windows and the linksys monitor, I entered the ssid, the wep key, all that stuff, and nothing can get the router to find the router. What's wrong? ____________________  |
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 Cape Luigi Level: 131 Posts: 781/4792 EXP: 26235133 Next: 189487 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 3737 days Last view: 3648 days |
Posted by DragThere's your problem right there  I would assume therein lies your real problem, you're using a -G adapter when you said the router was -B. ____________________ |
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Spike Dragon Level: 57 Posts: 418/705 EXP: 1483261 Next: 2667 Since: 02-19-07 From:
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B and G are compatible with each other, and the G adapter itself says (on the box) that it is compatible with B routers. ____________________ |
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Happy Hour! Level: 81 Posts: 1060/1556 EXP: 4850256 Next: 142593 Since: 03-25-07 Last post: 2678 days Last view: 2676 days |
Okay, first of all. Your mom's computer is basically in a blind spot. You also need to set the wireless adapter on her computer to only broadcast in 802.11b, not g.
It sounds like the router doesn't support 802.11g at all. And if she does have Vista, uninstall any software that came with the adapter and just use updated drivers. ____________________ 
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