Wireless networks not showing in search!

Street · 4 Apr 2008 at 16:06

If I do a search for wireless networks with the windows search, it comes up saying that no networks were found in range. However, my wireless is working perfectly. If I input the SSID and WPA manually it connects fine and if I do a network search using something like airodump or netstumbler the SSIDs show up!

I may have disabled a service that the Windows wireless needs but I can't for the life of me figure out which one.. Anyone got any ideas or thoughts?

Cheers,
Andy

Street · 4 Apr 2008 at 16:28

Sorry, forgot to mention that the WZC service is enabled..

Street · 7 Apr 2008 at 09:18

Bump?

Street · 7 Apr 2008 at 13:21

Nope.. The SSID is still being broadcast as I can see it with other laptops...

Street · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:42

Bump again?

Street · 9 Apr 2008 at 23:06

Nah, they don't come with their own program.. If I do a fresh install of XP, they show up. Then I disable some of the services, not including the WZC service and they fail to show up when I search. I've tried going back and enabling services but I can't find the one! Just can't be bothered to reformat to find out which one is causing it..

Street · 20 May 2008 at 20:27

Well I finally figured out which service was stopping the networks from showing up in the search and incase anyone is interested it is the Event Viewer service!

Had this disabled on my laptop as I have no need for it and it cripples the wireless search. It takes a reboot to make it work again so thats why i didn't find which one it was when I was just enabling them before!