Trying to connect my New Laptop to wireless home connection BUT IT WONT

n57602000

Bought a new laptop from Currys today hoping to connect it up to our wireless connection via our main home computer which is running XP and Wanadoo Wireless box.

My laptop is the following:

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1527959386.1179175023@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddkllmdfflcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&sku=454888

Everytime we try and connect the laptop and try to get a wireless signal it keeps coming up with Networks not found or avaliable but we know the wireless box is working as we have 2 other laptops running on XP and the nintendo wii connected to it and getting signal / running the internet fine.

I have no idea what to do now? any help or advice would be wonderful many thanks.

jamalfatty

click start -> run , type in cmd and hit enter.

in the next box that pops up, type 'ipconfig /renew' when that finishes, type in 'ipconfig' and post back what it says

Browntoa

try updating the drivers

HP Wireless Assistant 01-20073.00 D» Version: 3.2M» Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Vista 01-20075.00 B» Version: 3.79M

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&product=3352153&lang=en

Browntoa

or let Windows manage the connection


Wireless Networks tab
The user interface for configuring the way in which Wireless Auto Configuration automatically connects to a wireless network is the Wireless Networks tab, available from the properties of a wireless adapter connection in Network Connections. The following figure shows the Wireless Networks tab for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, but Vista is the same

Browntoa

you will then get a box like this




where you can connect to your network

Donnie

If there is a button on the laptop to switch wireless capability on...switch it on.