OK, old geezer across the road has got himself a laptop and although he can connect to the www through a hardwire, he cannot connect via wireless. I need a bit of help here please!!
Laptop: Fujitsu
Wireless card: Ralink RT2500 Wireless LAN card
ISP: BT with homehub.
On the laptop there is no wireless on/off button, so i assume it is on all the time?
I asked the guy if any hardware came with the laptio ie dongle, network card and he said not.
So, i've been to the guys home, selected 'connect to' and i can see his homehub. I click connect, enter the key and all i get is "waiting for network"
So, i brought the lappy home, scanned for networks and found my Orange network, entered the key, but again, 'waiting for the network'
On the "show all connections" i see 'local area connection" and "wireless connection 2" however, both have a dirty great big red X on the connection lines.
So, i clicked on "set up a home or small office network". The wizard states it has found disconnected Network hardware ie the wireless card and VIA Rhine FAst Ethernet Adapter.
I went into the cmd propmpt and typed 'ipconfig' and all i see is "media disconnected" with regards to the wireless adapter.
Any ideas?
ta!
Laptop: Fujitsu
Wireless card: Ralink RT2500 Wireless LAN card
ISP: BT with homehub.
On the laptop there is no wireless on/off button, so i assume it is on all the time?
I asked the guy if any hardware came with the laptio ie dongle, network card and he said not.
So, i've been to the guys home, selected 'connect to' and i can see his homehub. I click connect, enter the key and all i get is "waiting for network"
So, i brought the lappy home, scanned for networks and found my Orange network, entered the key, but again, 'waiting for the network'
On the "show all connections" i see 'local area connection" and "wireless connection 2" however, both have a dirty great big red X on the connection lines.
So, i clicked on "set up a home or small office network". The wizard states it has found disconnected Network hardware ie the wireless card and VIA Rhine FAst Ethernet Adapter.
I went into the cmd propmpt and typed 'ipconfig' and all i see is "media disconnected" with regards to the wireless adapter.
Any ideas?
ta!
