Help Connecting Wireless LAN Card

[HazelXcorE]

My wireless LAN card wont connect to internet where as my laptop does, but I have been at a friends where the internet works straight away.

Any ideas?
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[johnwill]

Have you disabled encryption on the router to see if it'll connect that way? What are the exact symptoms?

[HazelXcorE]

It shows no available wireless networks. Whereas I'm right next to it on my laptop which works fine through this wireless.

[Computer_Doctor]

I would try taking un-installing the drivers, take out the wireless lan card, and hook it up to another PCI slot. Then install the drivers again and see if the problem gets fixed.

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[HazelXcorE]

I have solved my original problem by moving the pc into another room [it was going there anyway] and it worked instantly. However I have got a new case and it doesn't work again, it just says "Acquiring Network Code".. but doesn't appear to be doing anything.. and I have un-installed and re-installed the drivers.

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*edit* It keeps connecting and disconnecting continually every few seconds.

[johnwill]

The connecting and disconnecting sounds like WZC (Windows built-in wireless manager) and your 3rd party wireless client are fighting it out. Try disabling WZC in Windows Services and see it that helps.

[HazelXcorE]

Umm.. how? And what would make it do this all of a sudden?

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[johnwill]

Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services. Scroll down to Windows Zero Configuration and stop it. See if that helps. If so, you'll need to select the properties of WZC and disable it.

[HazelXcorE]

Right I've done that, restarted, and its still doin the same "acquiring network address" business... what to do?

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[johnwill]

Did you disable WZC, or only stop it?

Let's see this.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[HazelXcorE]

I think I stopped it =/ I'll disable it and get back to you with the information you wanted if it doesn't work.

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[HazelXcorE]

yeh i disabled it and it didn't work still...

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\HazelAdmin>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : hazels-pc
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
#2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-4D-92-11-57

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 8:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Ralink Turbo Wireless LAN Card #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-2E-F9-13-18

C:\Documents and Settings\HazelAdmin>

[johnwill]

TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ip reset reset.log

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reboot the machine.

[HazelXcorE]

I've reset the WINSOCK and rebooted, it didnt recognise the TCP/IP reset command and just goes to the next line...

It's still doing exactly the same!

[johnwill]

Will this machine connect with a cable?

[HazelXcorE]

It probably would but there is no spare space on the router and I don't think I have another cable. I dont know why its doing this at all.. it wasn't unplugged for any resonable amount of time, hasn't moved and I havn't changed anything other than the case!

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[johnwill]

It's only for a test, unplug another machine to test it.

[L1Technician]

Let me guess, i think your using a draft N router. If your using a draft N router the WZC will not work. Disable the WZC and use the built-in software to connect to the network such as Intel Pro wireless.