Re: Laptop not detecting wireless

nettester <nettester.2vdugj@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> hath wroth:

>I have two dell laptops and one desktop.

Do they have model numbers?

>Desktop is connected to
>router through cable from the router. Both laptops were set up to use
>the wireless network. I have Netgear MR814 router. Both were working
>ok. But now, one laptop does not connect to the wireless. It detects the
>network with good signal strength but when I click connect it pops up
>the message "Windows unable to detect the selected network. Network may
>be out of range".
>This laptop had a virus, so the data got backed up and the XP operating
>system got reinstalled by a computer service person. After that it
>stopped connecting to wireless. It works when I connect it through the
>cable. Also any other laptop gets connected.
>
>Any suggestions are appreciated.

Are you using WEP encryption? If so, use the Hex encryption key, not
the ASCII. If possible, switch to WPA encryption which is both more
secure and doesn't have the ASCII to Hex conversion bug.

Viruses and spyware usually damage the XP Winsock configuration.
See:
<http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html>
Also see the various fixes for LSP corruption.
<http://windowsxp.mvps.org/winsock.htm>

If your ace service person didn't bother to update XP to the latest
mess of Windoze and MS updates, and you connected to the internet with
an unpatched system, it's highly likely you are again infected with a
virus, worm, or spyware.

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