fresh XP install not detecting my wireless network

sare^baw's · 24 Sep 2007 at 16:07

i have just managed to set up a dual boot config on my girlfriends vista laptop, i have got all drivers installed successfully, however its not finding my wireless network.

i can boot into vista and it sees my wlan ok and connects fine, if i boot into xp it does not find any wlan connections and the drivers are installed for the device. in xp i can use the nic on the laptop to connect to my network no problem.

any idea what i need to do to get the xp install to see my wlan

had the same problem at her house could not see her wlan either

cheers

sare^baw's · 24 Sep 2007 at 17:05

Gaz1988 said:
is it a built in wireless? can you see it properly installed in your device manager? what wireless card is it?

yes its built in wireless, it is installed properly in device manager,

its a ZyDas - ZD1211B IE 802.11 b+g usb adapter

sare^baw's · 24 Sep 2007 at 17:17

HomerJ said:
In network connections is the wireless network adapter showing ? also on the laptop there might be a button or slider/swuitch to turn on and off wireless make sure this is ON

yes its showing in network connections, its status is 'not connected, firewalled'

it says on the instruction manual that you can disable the wlan by pressing Fn + F1 key, but this does nothing in vista or xp, the wlan symbol is not on the F1 key as shown on the manual and its not shown on any key.

sare^baw's · 24 Sep 2007 at 19:05

hybrid said:
Any third party wireless software/drivers installed?

nope i had the zydas utility installed but i removed it, did not work either way

sare^baw's · 24 Sep 2007 at 20:27

Tosk said:
make a connection using the windows xp wireless zero configuration

if its not turned on you can do this by going the

Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Services> and you will find it at the bottom
of the list. double click it with in the list to popup the box options.

set it to auto start and start it up. it should then give you the connection and search
options with in the wifi connection icon by the clock.

there you can search for the wifi connection .

gl

oh yeah you cant use the windows xp wireless zero configuration, if your running any other wifi connection
or wizard software that came with the adapter.

hi m8 i already have the wireless icon by the clock, also when i done as you stated it is already set at auto start up and the status was running.

this is what i have been using to search for the networks

sare^baw's · 24 Sep 2007 at 22:38

Tosk said:
could that the Wireless Access Point is turned off in your router. or the
Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID) is off or your wifi adapter isn't picking
up the signal. or even that adapter isn't working right.

if you can try out a different wifi adapter and see if that lets you connect?

its working fine, its a dual boot setup on the laptop and i can boot into vista and the wireless network is working just fine.

sare^baw's · 2 Oct 2007 at 18:17

anyone have any other suggestions for me to try

sare^baw's · 11 Oct 2007 at 15:52

still not solved this, anyone

sare^baw's · 11 Oct 2007 at 18:44

Is SSID broadcast on or off in the router?

it is on, my pc picks up my wlan no problem, the laptop picks up my wlan when its using vista, only in xp the laptop does not see it.

I could only suggest that the Vista drivers are flaky. Try downloading some alternate drivers from sourceforge. What chipset is your card based on? Amtel, Orinoco etc.

the laptop finds the wlan no problem in vista its when using xp it does not find my wlan or the wlan at my g/f house.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/at90usb-zd1211/ this is all i could find on sourcefrge and im not sure if it the right driver. i dont know what chipset the card is based on.

i know what it could be, you might be using the wrong key.
i know how you can find out if it is or not.
right click on the connection icon by the clock and repair the connection.
if it doesn't assign an ip then its the wrong key

i thought it could be this and i copied and pasted the key to make sure it was correct, this does not seem to be the problem, it does not find my wlan at all and it does not find the wlan at her house when using xp, vista is fine suggesting the hardware is working and the router if set up fine

Have you got a different make wifi adaptor to try?

i dont the one on the laptop is built in

sare^baw's · 11 Oct 2007 at 20:08

ns400r said:
Just as a test, download Netstumbler. Install and run it. See if that detects any nearby wireless networks. If it doesn't, then I suggest fully removing all software/drivers assoiated with the card and trying some different drivers.

ok i will try this and report back, i had a look for drivers and there are not many available for this wifi adapter, maybe worth getting a cardbus wifi adapter for the laptop if i dont have any joy.

sare^baw's · 12 Oct 2007 at 16:13

mejinks said:
I had an odd issue ages ago whereby I had to type the whole key in full 128bit, rather than the ascii version of it. Have you selected the option to type the ascii key in?

What encryption is being used? Have you tried turning it all off? Have you enabled mac filtering?

i dont know what the ascii version of the key is im puzzled, any idea where i select the option to type in the ascii key, the security is wep, i have not tried turning the security off, where will the mac filtering setting be ?

i will try your suggestions later when i can get to use her laptop, thanks for the help mate

sare^baw's · 12 Oct 2007 at 16:17

errata said:
I agree that no networks visble suggest wrong drivers or conflict between XP wireless config program and a manufacturers utility. Some chance also that one or more of the properties of the adapter have been set to something such as radio off.

ok i wll look into this and try other drivers too although not many versions are available, where will the radio off setting likely to be ?

sare^baw's · 15 Oct 2007 at 20:05

ok i have no luck and tried everything that has been suggested, i have tried various drivers and still no luck, i disabled the built in wireless adapter and plugged in my d-link usb adapter, downloaded the drivers from the windows update site and the adapter found my wireless network right away and connected with no problem.

so for some reason this poxy zydas adapter wont work in xp with the available drivers.

so it looks as though we need to buy a usb wireless adapter if she wants to use xp on her laptop, she has an express slot, is there such a thing as a cheap express wireless adapter as any i seen were expensive. or would it be cheaper buying a usb adapter which unfortunately will stick out a bit.