Originally posted by ipsedixit
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I went to the command line, to C:\ and typed the command suggested (using appropriate numbers). cmd.exe did not object to the command, but after that I wasn't sure what to do. Does the wireless unit connect automatically? If that is supposed to be what happens, it did not in fact happen.

No, there is no automatic anything. If it didn't object, then the command was successful. But you answered the question in your next post: If it doesn't connect, then that wasn't the problem.

My suggestion was what I consider a last-resort effort when I have flaky connection problems. It often works.

Go talk to the youngsters; maybe bring an offering. You would have a better idea of what that offering might be than I would. I have no further advice....

Well, I installed all the SP3 updates etc. and so on, but I still had no success.

One of the things that was always curious to me was related to the fact that when I tried to connect to the desired SSID, I was always being displayed an old password, despite having changed to the new one repeatedly in the configuration dialogue box.


Long story short, I went to the router's configuration page and found that the wireless mode was set to 802.11n only!!!, which has the effect of cutting out "legacy" devices, like mine. I reset the mode to a more inclusive setting (b and g, included) and presto!!!


I'm connected. Thanks to all for your input.

I'm not sure that this was the new netadmin's fault. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt but it does harken back to what Ex_CT2 said about talking to the young'uns.

Props also to Klassified who scented 802.11 trouble.

Thanks all!

One of the clues pointing to a problem with the "legacy" device was that when I tried to connect using the USB wireless unit on my new desktop, running 7, it wouldn't connect.

At that point I decided to buy a new wireless unit and a new one would have solved the problem, but I wouldn't have known what the precise issue was without going on the web for research and into the router's configuration page to check settings.

Originally posted by ipsedixit
Well, I installed all the SP3 updates etc. and so on, but I still had no success.

One of the things that was always curious to me was related to the fact that when I tried to connect to the desired SSID, I was always being displayed an old password, despite having changed to the new one repeatedly in the configuration dialogue box.


Long story short, I went to the router's configuration page and found that the wireless mode was set to 802.11n only!!!, which has the effect of cutting out "legacy" devices, like mine. I reset the mode to a more inclusive setting (b and g, included) and presto!!!


I'm connected. Thanks to all for your input.

I'm not sure that this was the new netadmin's fault. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt but it does harken back to what Ex_CT2 said about talking to the young'uns.

Props also to Klassified who scented 802.11 trouble.

Thanks all!

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See, this is the trouble with kids. Think they know every goddamn thing. Probably thought N-only was the "go-fast" setting; not considering that not everybody might have "n" devices. They don't yet understand that you can't just make arrogant assumptions.

If I were you, I'd do a quick survey of the other users and see if others are having problems that may be related.

Geniuses... idiots! But whatta ya gonna do....