Re: wireless network seen but no speed

Maybe your wireless card does not support the encryption used for the
network. It's likely to happen if you're using WPA/WPA2 with an old laptop.

"lenny109" <> a écrit dans le message de
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> Hi,
> I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can see
> the network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It just
> times out. Although it finds all the networks available in the area they
> all display without any green bars in the speed bars. It seems to have no
> wireless power. The green bars are all grey instead of green even when the
> laptop is stood next to the router. I have another laptop that connects
> without any problems.
>
> I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them from
> the drivers folder. This made no difference.
>
> Is there anything else I can try?
>

Does it work if you turn off all encryption?
Is it possible to swap the wireless network card from the laptop that works
to test?

"lenny109" <> wrote in message
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> No, It is a reasonably new laptop (15 months) and I have also tried it
> with WEP. Same problem.
>
> "BLANC-BERNARD, Nicolas" <> wrote in message
> news:es1Q$...
>> Maybe your wireless card does not support the encryption used for the
>> network. It's likely to happen if you're using WPA/WPA2 with an old
>> laptop.
>>
>> "lenny109" <> a écrit dans le message de
>> news:...
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can see
>>> the network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It just
>>> times out. Although it finds all the networks available in the area they
>>> all display without any green bars in the speed bars. It seems to have
>>> no wireless power. The green bars are all grey instead of green even
>>> when the laptop is stood next to the router. I have another laptop that
>>> connects without any problems.
>>>
>>> I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them from
>>> the drivers folder. This made no difference.
>>>
>>> Is there anything else I can try?
>>>
>>
>
>

It sounds like your wireless networking is bad. If that's built in the the
motherboard, you may need a new motherboard (which may mean you'll want to
buy a whole new laptop).
I know someone just recently who had the (wired) network port on their
desktop motherboard go bad. It was showing a network but wouldn't connect.
I gave them an old network card to use and it worked fine.

"lenny109" <> wrote in message
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> It doesn't work without encryption either and it isn't possible to swap as
> they are built in network cards.
>
> "Eric" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Does it work if you turn off all encryption?
>> Is it possible to swap the wireless network card from the laptop that
>> works to test?
>>
>> "lenny109" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> No, It is a reasonably new laptop (15 months) and I have also tried it
>>> with WEP. Same problem.
>>>
>>> "BLANC-BERNARD, Nicolas" <> wrote in message
>>> news:es1Q$...
>>>> Maybe your wireless card does not support the encryption used for the
>>>> network. It's likely to happen if you're using WPA/WPA2 with an old
>>>> laptop.
>>>>
>>>> "lenny109" <> a écrit dans le message de
>>>> news:...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can
>>>>> see the network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It
>>>>> just times out. Although it finds all the networks available in the
>>>>> area they all display without any green bars in the speed bars. It
>>>>> seems to have no wireless power. The green bars are all grey instead
>>>>> of green even when the laptop is stood next to the router. I have
>>>>> another laptop that connects without any problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them
>>>>> from the drivers folder. This made no difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there anything else I can try?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>