Cannot connect to home wireless.
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My laptop cannot connect to the wireless at my house. It can't even detect any wireless signal from the router whereas the other two computers in the house(a lappy and a desktop) can connect to the router. But the strange thing is, it can connect to wireless in nus and the wireless@sg.
How? -
Did you hide your SSID (network name) ?
Also, are you using any encryption?
Third question, are you using MAC address filtering?
For first question, if you answer yes, go to the laptop or desktop and find out the network name.
Manually configure your laptop to connect to the network.
If you use encryption of any form, remember to type in the password when you configure your laptop to connect to the network.
As for third question, if you answer yes, you have quite a few things to do.
1. On your laptop that couldn't connect to the network, do this: Start > Run and type in cmd.
2. In Command Prompt, type in ipconfig /all
3. Look under Ethernet Adapter. It will state your physical address. That's your MAC address.
It looks something like this:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapt
er(LNE100TX v4) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 06, 2007 11:52:14 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, April 07, 2007 1:52:14 AM
4. Note down the physical address.
5. On a PC that can connect to the network, log in to the router.
6. Navigate till the part where you enter the MAC address for filtering.
7. Add in your MAC address. Type in carefully, any wrong letters/numbers will still leave you locked out.
8. Save the settings and see if your laptop can now connect the router and surf the Net.
9. If it doesn't work, try restarting the router. -
chim chim chim
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Eh.. I logged into my router and this is what I see.
I did not block any one from the network, so the thinkpad should be able to find some signals at least, but there is none?
I restarted the router, thinkpad and my modem, still cannot detect any signal leah. -
Sorry, can't really help. I know nothing about base station.
Perhaps you could PM Bear and/or sand king for help. They are Mac users and could help you better. -
Ok ok, is there any programs to search for wireless signals?