Why so long for wireless to connect?

erb

Until recently I had no problem with my Netgear adaptor on my PC connecting with my O2 wirless box II. But this last week it has started taking about 15 minutes to connect :eek: .

Both my children have laptops and they have no trouble connecting as soon as they boot up.

Anybody any ideas why this has suddenly started taking so long?

ormus

its a well known problem. the netgear wg111 drivers are a waste of time and netgear doesnt seem to be bothered at all. despite numerous complaints.
i know somebody who deletes his drivers and reinstalls them every day! he says it works!

erb

ormus wrote: »

its a well known problem. the netgear wg111 drivers are a waste of time and netgear doesnt seem to be bothered at all. despite numerous complaints.
i know somebody who deletes his drivers and reinstalls them every day! he says it works!

Thanks but why did the Netgear work fine for the last 2 months and has only been a problem starting this week .

Perhaps the answer is to buy another adaptor but before I do that I need to be sure what the problem is. If I have to buy another adaptor which will work best with the O2 Wireless box II?

erb

loaner wrote: »

Are you letting windows manage the wireless, if not, try it.

Not sure how to change to windows. When I got the Netgear adaptor I had to install the Netgear software first and now that manages the adaptor and did it fine up to this week there have been no problems.

erb

Just for the record I am using the Netgear WG 111 v2 adaptor.

ormus

erb wrote: »

Thanks but why did the Netgear work fine for the last 2 months and has only been a problem starting this week .

Perhaps the answer is to buy another adaptor but before I do that I need to be sure what the problem is. If I have to buy another adaptor which will work best with the O2 Wireless box II?

O2 sell their own dongle, but its very expensive at about 19 quid.

free4440273

Both my children have laptops and they have no trouble connecting as soon as they boot up

that being the case - that it just affects your laptop - i would run a virus scan. i've seen this happen before; probably unlikely, but u might want to do so just in case.

erb

loaner wrote: »

You are given the option when you install the software, so you could uninstall/reinstall.

I think there is an option in the netgear software config, but can't remember where, you might be able to do it from this screen (control panel, networks, wireless. properties, wireless networks)

Yes this enabled me to let windows manage the wireless network but unfortunately this did not solve my problem as it still did not connect to the router wirlessly. I have had to resort to using the ethernet cable now which meant moving the modem / router. What a pain:mad: .

erb

free4440273 wrote: »

that being the case - that it just affects your laptop - i would run a virus scan. i've seen this happen before; probably unlikely, but u might want to do so just in case.

Did the virus scan but nothing found and still can not connect wirelessly.

erb

loaner wrote: »

did you put the encryption key in properly?

Yes. I did a copy and paste.

Today I went on the Netgear site, downloaded the latest software driver for the adaptor and installed it. It worked but the next time I booted up I could not get the wireless connection again.