Problem connecting to wireless router

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Kim - Jul 8, 2010 at 12:27 PM
jack4rall Posts 6428 Registration date Sunday June 6, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen July 16, 2020 - Jul 9, 2010 at 04:46 AM
Hello,

My laptop connects to other wireless networks without a problem, but there is a new router at my house (I don't know the brand or whether it's using a/b/g, but it's encoded with WEP and I do have the password), and my laptop won't connect for whatever reason.

My wireless adapter is an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. Things I have tried so far include rebooting, re-typing the password, repairing the connection, disabling and re-enabling the connection, and updating my drivers. I know the problem is not in the router, because my desktop with a wireless adapter connects just fine.

When I look at the properties of my laptop's adapter, it says "The channel selection for an ad hoc 802.11a adapter is disabled." Could this be the problem I'm having?

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jack4rall Posts 6428 Registration date Sunday June 6, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen July 16, 2020
Jul 8, 2010 at 02:37 PM
Hi,

Try this 1

1) Click on Start --> type ncpa.cpl and click on OK. Network Connections window

will be opened.

2)Right click on your wireless network connection---->Properties.

Wireless Network Properties window will be opened.

Click on "Configure" --->Click on "Advanced" tab

Then in Ad Hoc Channel, Wireless mode--> select your operating channel.

For more information, download the PDF file by clicking on the below link

ftp://download.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/3945abgug.pdf
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What I was trying to say above is that it is not possible to select 802.11a because the selection is disabled. Thanks anyway.
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jack4rall Posts 6428 Registration date Sunday June 6, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen July 16, 2020
Jul 9, 2010 at 04:46 AM
Hi kim,
try this 1
Go to your router configuration and change the wireless network mode to "Mixed"
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Upon further inspection, the new router is using 802.11g, so the inability to choose 802.11a should not be affecting the connection...
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