Unable to connect to wifi

Kurgen · 2 Aug 2020 at 10:12

ive just built a pc with a z77 board and i5 2500k, i cant get any PCIE wifi card to connect to wifi, it just says Unable to Connect to this network. I have tried 2 different wifi cards and 3 different pcie slots all the same. Ive tried a USB wifi micro dongle and this works fine. so im completly stumped anyone got any ideas

Hyburnate · 2 Aug 2020 at 10:13

Have you used the latest drivers? What technology of card are you using?

Kurgen · 2 Aug 2020 at 11:07

windows says it has the latest drivers, and this is the card, although i tried the card made by addon and that wont work either

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI-E Adapter= £14.99

Total: £19.65 (includes shipping: £4.66)

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Sparx · 2 Aug 2020 at 11:31

Try 'forget the network' (on the SSID) and re-connect to it.

Wireless N sucks btw. Although good point what router do you use? You don't have N disabled do you somehow in the router settings? Some routers let you do that with Legacy options.

Hyburnate · 2 Aug 2020 at 11:35

Screenshot your router or access point config page showing channel etc

d_brennen · 2 Aug 2020 at 11:41

Definitely download the drivers elsewhere and put them on a USB stick. Last time I used a wireless card, the driver Windows installed didn't work despite recognising the correct device name etc.

E: just saw you had a micro usb WiFi adaptor working, use this to download the TP link drivers, ignore what Windows says

Kurgen · 2 Aug 2020 at 12:22

i'm using Tplinks drivers. i have only managed to get it to connect to my plusnet wifi, and its painfully slow, 0.5mbs downoad, plug in cable and goes back up to 45mbs, wont connect to my other access point at all.

Kurgen · 2 Aug 2020 at 12:32

ive swapped it out for another tp link i had in my pc and it works fine, not sure on model 900n with 3 antenna, works fine on both routers at full broadband speed. strange.

Kurgen · 2 Aug 2020 at 12:51

and the original tplink card doesnt work in my PC, so theres some incompatibility somewhere

Mr Mcgoo · 2 Aug 2020 at 17:26

kurgen i had the same pcie wifi and it hated windows 10 but worked on windows 7 with the drivers. i haven't checked but are the drivers windows 10 compatible?

Kurgen · 2 Aug 2020 at 17:42

Mr Mcgoo said:
kurgen i had the same pcie wifi and it hated windows 10 but worked on windows 7 with the drivers. i haven't checked but are the drivers windows 10 compatible?

the download says they are. I will have a mess about with another time. Ive used my wifi card in this pc for a mate now. rather than keep messing about with it.

Mr Mcgoo · 2 Aug 2020 at 18:05

fair enough. if it works for him then at least it been put to good use