cant connect my laptop to the router wirelessly?

k13 · 09-26-2007, 11:05 PM

the router is upstaires on its on. its connected to 1 pc and 1 laptop wirelessly no problems there. however i have another dell laptop and it has built in wireless card and it will not connect to the router wirelessly... work group and everything is same. its found the router but will not connect. how can i connect it wirelessly?

jmedina · 09-26-2007, 11:26 PM

Make sure they both have the same encryption. It should be wanting to connect. Play with it some more. But, If you do not get it to work you should probably call the manufacture of the router and they will probably help you.

k13 · 09-28-2007, 02:19 PM

whats the encryption key? is it the one when u type the ip address of the router and it asks for your admin and password?

andy faith · 09-28-2007, 02:21 PM

no, the encyption key is the WEP or WPA key you choose on your router to make it secure.

k13 · 09-28-2007, 02:30 PM

i dont think an encryption key was made on the router.

09-26-2007, 11:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
k13 New Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 23	cant connect my laptop to the router wirelessly? the router is upstaires on its on. its connected to 1 pc and 1 laptop wirelessly no problems there. however i have another dell laptop and it has built in wireless card and it will not connect to the router wirelessly... work group and everything is same. its found the router but will not connect. how can i connect it wirelessly?

09-26-2007, 11:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
jmedina Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 405	Make sure they both have the same encryption. It should be wanting to connect. Play with it some more. But, If you do not get it to work you should probably call the manufacture of the router and they will probably help you. __________________ HP dc5700 Desktop 512 MB 70 GB HD Windows XP Professional Ibook G3 800 MHZ 256 MB 30 GB Hard Drive

09-28-2007, 02:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
andy faith Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Coventry Age: 19 Posts: 276	no, the encyption key is the WEP or WPA key you choose on your router to make it secure. __________________ Main PC: Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Geforce4 Ti 4200, Asrock K7S8X mobo, 2x40GB HDD. NEC DVDRW, Pioneer DVD\CDRW Backup PC: Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD, Radeon 7500 Main Laptop: Inspiron 6400: Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 80GB SATA HDD, 2GB PC2-4200, DVD-RW, Radeon X1300 Backup laptop: Latitude D410, Pentium M 1.73GHz, 60GB HDD, 1GB RAM, DVD-ROM

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09-28-2007, 02:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
k13 New Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 23	whats the encryption key? is it the one when u type the ip address of the router and it asks for your admin and password?

09-28-2007, 02:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
k13 New Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 23	i dont think an encryption key was made on the router.