Wireless connection stopped working

>M Skabialka wrote:

>> A friend with a vista PC was having problems connecting wirelessly to a
>> router. It had been working OK for months then she decided to download
>> the MS Office 2007 trial. Since then her wireless connection stopped
>> working (though I have no idea why this happened at this time). Their
>> other computer was also having a really slow ethernet connection so I had
>> them buy a new cisco wireles router with his new PC. I told the Vista
>> machine to connect to the new SSID but I had set up WPA on the router and
>> vista didn't have that option. So then I changed it to WEP on the router
>> but vista said it couldn't connect. A help menu had me run some netsh
>> commands about adhoc and infrastructure but it still didn't work so I
>> rebooted. Now the vista PC doesn't even see any wireless networks
>> available, but a laptop I tried as a test still sees three SSIDs
>> including the new one.
>>
>> What are my troubleshooting steps in vista to find out what is wrong with
>> her wireless connection and how to fix it?
>> And how can I find out what is still making the network still slow - the
>> other machine is brand new with WinXP?

>
> This setup probably is too far gone to fix using newsgroup advice. In
> particular, who knows what you managed to do with netsh. But here goes
> anyway.
>
> This is simply wrong:

>> I had set up WPA on the router and vista didn't have that option.

>
> What led you to that conclusion? Have you installed Vista sp1?
>
> Start by ensuring that the laptop's wifi adapter is actually turned on and
> functioning. Check the documentation for a physical switch or Fn+Fkey
> combination. Check Device Manager.
>
> If you get things back to where you can detect the presence of wireless
> networks, then configure the router to use *no* security at all (no
> encryption, no IP filters, no MAC filters, etc.) and try to connect. If
> you can connect when there is no security present, then add back
> WPA2-Personal encryption and try connecting again.
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

> When I still could see the wireless networks and couldn't connect I tried
> an
> option to manually connect. Under the security setting options were:
> none,
> WEP and 802.11x, there wasn't an option for WPA.
> I tried setting the router to have no security but was still unable to see
> any networks.
> Device manager shows no problems - it is not disabled.
> I am not sure about Vista SP1 so have downloaded it for install next time
> I
> go to her house.
> If that netsh command was a problem - is there a way to reverse the
> effects
> and start setting up the wireless card from scratch? I am not near the
> machine and the command was run from the start menu so I don't even know
> if
> I could find it again to see what I did. It was suggested in a
> troubleshooting menu on the machine.
> The vista machine is 21 months old and wireless was working until
> recently.
> The router is new.
> What are the steps to remove and reinstall the wireless capabilities in
> Vista (which I am not very familiar with)?
>
> "Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote in message
> news:unDDqJySJHA.5080@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>M Skabialka wrote:

>>> A friend with a vista PC was having problems connecting wirelessly to a
>>> router. It had been working OK for months then she decided to download
>>> the MS Office 2007 trial. Since then her wireless connection stopped
>>> working (though I have no idea why this happened at this time). Their
>>> other computer was also having a really slow ethernet connection so I
>>> had
>>> them buy a new cisco wireles router with his new PC. I told the Vista
>>> machine to connect to the new SSID but I had set up WPA on the router
>>> and
>>> vista didn't have that option. So then I changed it to WEP on the
>>> router
>>> but vista said it couldn't connect. A help menu had me run some netsh
>>> commands about adhoc and infrastructure but it still didn't work so I
>>> rebooted. Now the vista PC doesn't even see any wireless networks
>>> available, but a laptop I tried as a test still sees three SSIDs
>>> including the new one.
>>>
>>> What are my troubleshooting steps in vista to find out what is wrong
>>> with
>>> her wireless connection and how to fix it?
>>> And how can I find out what is still making the network still slow - the
>>> other machine is brand new with WinXP?

>>
>> This setup probably is too far gone to fix using newsgroup advice. In
>> particular, who knows what you managed to do with netsh. But here goes
>> anyway.
>>
>> This is simply wrong:

>>> I had set up WPA on the router and vista didn't have that option.

>>
>> What led you to that conclusion? Have you installed Vista sp1?
>>
>> Start by ensuring that the laptop's wifi adapter is actually turned on
>> and
>> functioning. Check the documentation for a physical switch or Fn+Fkey
>> combination. Check Device Manager.
>>
>> If you get things back to where you can detect the presence of wireless
>> networks, then configure the router to use *no* security at all (no
>> encryption, no IP filters, no MAC filters, etc.) and try to connect. If
>> you can connect when there is no security present, then add back
>> WPA2-Personal encryption and try connecting again.
>>
>> --
>> Lem -- MS-MVP
>>
>> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

>
>

> I think this is the help menu I found:
>
> 1. Open the Command Prompt window by clicking the Start button ,
> clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Command
> Prompt.
>
> 2. Type netsh wlan add filter networktype=network type.
>
> Where network type is either adhoc or infrastructure.
>
>
> I was unsure of the network type (still am) so tried both adhoc and
> infrastructure but neither worked. Did this mess things up?
>

>M Skabialka wrote:

>> I think this is the help menu I found:
>>
>> 1. Open the Command Prompt window by clicking the Start button ,
>> clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Command
>> Prompt.
>>
>> 2. Type netsh wlan add filter networktype=network type.
>>
>> Where network type is either adhoc or infrastructure.
>>
>>
>> I was unsure of the network type (still am) so tried both adhoc and
>> infrastructure but neither worked. Did this mess things up?
>>

>
> Could have. You shouldn't need to add filters. An "ad hoc" network is a
> computer-to-computer network; this won't work with your router. I don't
> know what the command you typed here will do because you omitted the
> actual filter itself (i.e., permission={allow|block| denyall}).
>
> To see how things are configured:
> In an account with administrative privileges, open a Command Prompt
> window. Then type "netsh show all" [without quotes, press Enter]
> Copy/paste the results into your next post.
>
> Or you could delete the profile and start over (but I think you have to
> use netsh for this task).
>
> netsh show profiles [to make sure you get the correct ProfileName]
>
> netsh delete profile name=ProfileName
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

> When I still could see the wireless networks and couldn't connect I tried an
> option to manually connect. Under the security setting options were: none,
> WEP and 802.11x, there wasn't an option for WPA.
> I tried setting the router to have no security but was still unable to see
> any networks.
> Device manager shows no problems - it is not disabled.
> I am not sure about Vista SP1 so have downloaded it for install next time I
> go to her house.
> If that netsh command was a problem - is there a way to reverse the effects
> and start setting up the wireless card from scratch? I am not near the
> machine and the command was run from the start menu so I don't even know if
> I could find it again to see what I did. It was suggested in a
> troubleshooting menu on the machine.
> The vista machine is 21 months old and wireless was working until recently.
> The router is new.
> What are the steps to remove and reinstall the wireless capabilities in
> Vista (which I am not very familiar with)?
>
> "Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote in message
> news:unDDqJySJHA.5080@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> M Skabialka wrote:

>>> A friend with a vista PC was having problems connecting wirelessly to a
>>> router. It had been working OK for months then she decided to download
>>> the MS Office 2007 trial. Since then her wireless connection stopped
>>> working (though I have no idea why this happened at this time). Their
>>> other computer was also having a really slow ethernet connection so I had
>>> them buy a new cisco wireles router with his new PC. I told the Vista
>>> machine to connect to the new SSID but I had set up WPA on the router and
>>> vista didn't have that option. So then I changed it to WEP on the router
>>> but vista said it couldn't connect. A help menu had me run some netsh
>>> commands about adhoc and infrastructure but it still didn't work so I
>>> rebooted. Now the vista PC doesn't even see any wireless networks
>>> available, but a laptop I tried as a test still sees three SSIDs
>>> including the new one.
>>>
>>> What are my troubleshooting steps in vista to find out what is wrong with
>>> her wireless connection and how to fix it?
>>> And how can I find out what is still making the network still slow - the
>>> other machine is brand new with WinXP?

>> This setup probably is too far gone to fix using newsgroup advice. In
>> particular, who knows what you managed to do with netsh. But here goes
>> anyway.
>>
>> This is simply wrong:

>>> I had set up WPA on the router and vista didn't have that option.

>> What led you to that conclusion? Have you installed Vista sp1?
>>
>> Start by ensuring that the laptop's wifi adapter is actually turned on and
>> functioning. Check the documentation for a physical switch or Fn+Fkey
>> combination. Check Device Manager.
>>
>> If you get things back to where you can detect the presence of wireless
>> networks, then configure the router to use *no* security at all (no
>> encryption, no IP filters, no MAC filters, etc.) and try to connect. If
>> you can connect when there is no security present, then add back
>> WPA2-Personal encryption and try connecting again.
>>
>> --
>> Lem -- MS-MVP

> A friend with a vista PC was having problems connecting wirelessly to a
> router. *It had been working OK for months then she decided to downloadthe
> MS Office 2007 trial. *Since then her wireless connection stopped working
> (though I have no idea why this happened at this time). *Their other
> computer was also having a really slow ethernet connection so I had them buy
> a new cisco wireles router with his new PC. *I told the Vista machine to
> connect to the new SSID but I had set up WPA on the router and vista didn't
> have that option. *So then I changed it to WEP on the router but vista said
> it couldn't connect. *A help menu had me run some netsh commands about adhoc
> and infrastructure but it still didn't work so I rebooted. *Now the vista PC
> doesn't even see any wireless networks available, but a laptop I tried asa
> test still sees three SSIDs including the new one.
>
> What are my troubleshooting steps in vista to find out what is wrong with
> her wireless connection and how to fix it?
> And how can I find out what is still making the network still slow - the
> other machine is brand new with WinXP?

> A friend with a vista PC was having problems connecting wirelessly to a
> router. It had been working OK for months then she decided to download the
> MS Office 2007 trial. Since then her wireless connection stopped working
> (though I have no idea why this happened at this time). Their other
> computer was also having a really slow ethernet connection so I had them
> buy
> a new cisco wireles router with his new PC. I told the Vista machine to
> connect to the new SSID but I had set up WPA on the router and vista
> didn't
> have that option. So then I changed it to WEP on the router but vista said
> it couldn't connect. A help menu had me run some netsh commands about
> adhoc
> and infrastructure but it still didn't work so I rebooted. Now the vista
> PC
> doesn't even see any wireless networks available, but a laptop I tried as
> a
> test still sees three SSIDs including the new one.
>
> What are my troubleshooting steps in vista to find out what is wrong with
> her wireless connection and how to fix it?
> And how can I find out what is still making the network still slow - the
> other machine is brand new with WinXP?