RichardS2005

Right, bought a laptop today for my wife an Acer Aspire 5610z. Set it up ok but now I am trying to connect it to my Linksys ADSL Wireless Router and it won't find it.....!

Its got Vista an when I try to connect to a network it shows everyone elses on my street (and connects to one unsecured one) but won't show mine.

My network is secured with WEP 128 and even when I try and make a manual connection - putting in the SSID, WEP password nothin happens. It accepts it but then still won't show the network so I can select and connect to it.

Its fine with a wired connection but the wireless just won't show my network.

Driving me mad - any ideas.

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

could be a router issue then, try resetting everything on the router and re creating a wireless ssid without any security.. if it still doesnt work, call Linksys and get a new one

RichardS2005

Its weird how my desktop has no problems....the laptop is sat next to it?

I'll try a reset and see what happens!

Dieseldog

I had a couple of problems setting up a Loox pda with a Linksys router last week. Even though I put in the key etc. it wouldn't connect. Only when I turned off the routers security did it see and connect to it. Then I reset the security on both router and pda and everything's good. Can't explain it but it might work...

RichardS2005

I'm running it without any security at all and it still won't find it. It still finds everyone elses!

Gonna try and find some drivers and see if that helps!

John1uk

have a look on the front of your router to make sure the wireless signal is showing.....sounds like you could have an issue with the wireless router.

if it is...make sure that the router has ssid enabled, this may be the reason your wireless isn't showing up on the wireless network connections.

if it is, then add the ssid manualy, if no joy i can run some tests with you by phone

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RichardS2005

Thanks for the help -fixed it now.... messed around with the advanced settings for the wireless network adapter and managed to get it working.

Cheers

Richard