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Connecting to home wireless netwrok problems
sleepystar1975
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Hi All, I wonder if you can help with a friends computer problem.
He has a "twinhead" (?) laptop which he has always been able to connect to his home wireless network, but then it suddenly stopped working and the internal wireless LAN is not working.
I have reinstalled windows XP and fitted a PCMCIA network card. It will now connect to unsecure networks and work perfectly, however when I try to connect to a secure network the connection keeps alternating between connected and unconnected. Other laptops connect and work fine on these networks but not this one. I have tried more than one secure network to eliminate router problems and have reset the modems and routers on these networks but still have no joy with this machine but others connect straight away.
He has a "twinhead" (?) laptop which he has always been able to connect to his home wireless network, but then it suddenly stopped working and the internal wireless LAN is not working.
I have reinstalled windows XP and fitted a PCMCIA network card. It will now connect to unsecure networks and work perfectly, however when I try to connect to a secure network the connection keeps alternating between connected and unconnected. Other laptops connect and work fine on these networks but not this one. I have tried more than one secure network to eliminate router problems and have reset the modems and routers on these networks but still have no joy with this machine but others connect straight away.
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If the internal wireless LAN adapter has failed, are you sure it is totally disabled? Maybe it is still interfering somehow.
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Have you installed SP3 yet since you re-installed XP?4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0
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Hiya, this is the real sleepystar, the original message was posted by my Dh.
He says "yes" to both the posters above, the thingy is disabled, and the extra pack 3 was added today**This space is available to rent**0 -
Which PCMCIA and has he checked the drivers. It may be the PCMCIA doesn't support WPA4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0
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Thanks Debitcardmayhem, I'll pass that on to him and let you know what he says.
P.S> Your avatar just made me jump, I was squinting in to see the kitty, and BOOM, the lion jumped out!!**This space is available to rent**0
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