Cant connect to wireless network (invalid password)

[deki]

Hi, I have a Belkin N1 router at home and I have created a wireless network ages ago, i had three laptops connected to it.

Then one of my laptops broke and after i had it fixed I can no longer connect to the network. When i click connect to the network, it asks me to type in the profile name and wireless network name, which I left default "Belkin_N1_Wireles_3FAF22" and then when I click next it asks for a password, I type in the network WPA key that i set up and it say "invalid password". I know that this key is correct because that is the same one i connected all my other computers with. Am I meant to type in a different pasword? I dont think i set up any others

thanks for your help

[hassan9418]

The password is case sensitive try typing in capitals. Or you could reset you router and it will return to it's factory settings. There is a small hole labelled reset where you have to use a paper clip to reset it.

[deki]

i tried tryping again and made sure caps lock wasnt on, I even tried changing the password from one of my other computers and still cant log on. Maybe its just windows asking for some other password, im not sure...

[johnwill]

Remove all stored wireless profiles and connect as if it were a new network.

What patch level is the repaired laptop at? It must be SP2 or greater to connect using WPA.

[deki]

I did connect to it as if were a new network, thats the problem, back when i had it as a profile it connected automaticaly.

Im pretty sure the repaired laptop has XP SP3

One of the other laptops also has SP3 and the other one has Vista SP1

[deki]

Ok Ive sort of figured out whats wrong, the password it asks for isnt the network password.

Basically when I try to connect it says that the profile already exists and asks me if i want to replace it, when I click yes it asks for the profile password (Which I dont remember ever creating, and it is not any of the passwords I usually use on all my other accounts).

I tried to create a new profile with a different name but it says an internal database error occured.

The wierd thing is that when I go into edit profiles I dont see any there.

Is there any way that I can I can recover this password or delete all the profiles without going through profile manager?

[johnwill]

Let's reset the stack to start...


TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2/SP3.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands:

Note: Type only the text in bold for the following commands.

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

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults, type: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reboot the machine.

[deki]

ok did that, it partially solved the problem...

It no longer asks me for a profile password when i try to connect and it goes straight to the wireless network password instead. I type this in and click next and then it says click close to connect to the network. When I do that it does not connect to the network. It still sees the network and I can still try to connect to it but it is not actually connected...

[johnwill]

Did you remove all the stored wireless profiles? Have you tried disabling all encryption and connecting that way as a test? Can you connect to other wireless networks with this machine?

[deki]

I dont know how to remove stored wireless profiles, none come up when i go to view profiles but it still asks me whether to overwrite the profile when i try to create a new one so i guess that they're still there

Tried connecting with no encryption, same thing happens. After I set up the connection (this time there is no password to type obviousely) it say close to connect and then it does not.

I dont have other networks to try it with but i could connect to this one and others before i had it repaired (the fault was in the mother board and that got replace if thats relevant)

[johnwill]

Well, we need to know if it connects to any after the repair, since that seems to be the difference. Can other wireless machines connect to your wireless router?

I'd use a much smaller SSID and turn on SSID broadcasts, that may be the issue.

[deki]

SSID broadcast was already on and yes I have two other machines already connected to the network wirelessly. Tried a smaller SSID and I have the same problem. It even still says that I already have that profile and if i want ot replace it even thought i dont have the profile since I used a new SSID that i never used before

[deki]

I fixed the problem, reinstalled the wireless driver

thanks for the help anyway