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Vista cannot connect to my wireless router



 
 
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Old December 2nd 08, 03:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Victek
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Default Vista cannot connect to my wireless router

Hello!
I have a Netgear WGR614 with latest firmware. I can connect to the wireless
network with my XP laptop, but my Vista (Premium SP1 x86) will not connect.
The network shows in the list of available wireless networks and when I
attempt to connect Vista asks for the encryption passphrase, but then the
connection fails. The specific message is:

"Wireless association failed because Windows did not receive any response
from the the wireless router or access point."

The wireless NIC is an Atheros AR928X and it also has the latest Vista
driver. Any help will be appreciated.

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Old December 2nd 08, 05:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Barb Bowman
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Default Vista cannot connect to my wireless router

are you using WPA2 or ? can you try with WPA2 personal?

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 08:43:20 -0800, "Victek"
wrote:

Hello!
I have a Netgear WGR614 with latest firmware. I can connect to the wireless
network with my XP laptop, but my Vista (Premium SP1 x86) will not connect.
The network shows in the list of available wireless networks and when I
attempt to connect Vista asks for the encryption passphrase, but then the
connection fails. The specific message is:

"Wireless association failed because Windows did not receive any response
from the the wireless router or access point."

The wireless NIC is an Atheros AR928X and it also has the latest Vista
driver. Any help will be appreciated.

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Old December 2nd 08, 09:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Jack \(MVP-Networking\).
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Default Vista cannot connect to my wireless router

Hi
Connect to the Router via the XP computer and disable the encryption.
Make sure that the Visa computer can connect without Encryption.
Once it is working log again to the Router enable the encryption and put a
new pass phrase.
Reconnect with both computers.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"Victek" wrote in message
...
Hello!
I have a Netgear WGR614 with latest firmware. I can connect to the
wireless network with my XP laptop, but my Vista (Premium SP1 x86) will
not connect. The network shows in the list of available wireless networks
and when I attempt to connect Vista asks for the encryption passphrase,
but then the connection fails. The specific message is:

"Wireless association failed because Windows did not receive any response
from the the wireless router or access point."

The wireless NIC is an Atheros AR928X and it also has the latest Vista
driver. Any help will be appreciated.


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Old December 2nd 08, 09:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Victek
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Default Vista cannot connect to my wireless router

Thanks for the reply. Sorry, but I should have mentioned in my original
post that I already tried connecting with wireless security OFF in the
router - the problem was unchanged. I have Norton Internet Security 2009 on
the Vista laptop and I turned off the firewall to see if that was the
problem, but no joy. FWIW, I can plug the laptop into the router via
Ethernet and get a good connection. This is a brand new computer that I
need for the road, so it's a real deal breaker if I cannot connect it
wirelessly. I will take it to the corner Starbucks to see if I can connect
to their open wifi. Meanwhile any additional suggestions will be greatly
appreciated.

Connect to the Router via the XP computer and disable the encryption.
Make sure that the Visa computer can connect without Encryption.
Once it is working log again to the Router enable the encryption and put a
new pass phrase.
Reconnect with both computers.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"Victek" wrote in message
...
Hello!
I have a Netgear WGR614 with latest firmware. I can connect to the
wireless network with my XP laptop, but my Vista (Premium SP1 x86) will
not connect. The network shows in the list of available wireless networks
and when I attempt to connect Vista asks for the encryption passphrase,
but then the connection fails. The specific message is:

"Wireless association failed because Windows did not receive any response
from the the wireless router or access point."

The wireless NIC is an Atheros AR928X and it also has the latest Vista
driver. Any help will be appreciated.


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Old December 3rd 08, 03:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Victek
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Default Vista cannot connect to my wireless router

For the record, I was able to connect to the open wifi at Starbucks. I will
turn to Netgear support next and see if my router can be made to work.


"Victek" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the reply. Sorry, but I should have mentioned in my original
post that I already tried connecting with wireless security OFF in the
router - the problem was unchanged. I have Norton Internet Security 2009
on the Vista laptop and I turned off the firewall to see if that was the
problem, but no joy. FWIW, I can plug the laptop into the router via
Ethernet and get a good connection. This is a brand new computer that I
need for the road, so it's a real deal breaker if I cannot connect it
wirelessly. I will take it to the corner Starbucks to see if I can
connect to their open wifi. Meanwhile any additional suggestions will be
greatly appreciated.

Connect to the Router via the XP computer and disable the encryption.
Make sure that the Visa computer can connect without Encryption.
Once it is working log again to the Router enable the encryption and put
a new pass phrase.
Reconnect with both computers.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"Victek" wrote in message
...
Hello!
I have a Netgear WGR614 with latest firmware. I can connect to the
wireless network with my XP laptop, but my Vista (Premium SP1 x86) will
not connect. The network shows in the list of available wireless
networks and when I attempt to connect Vista asks for the encryption
passphrase, but then the connection fails. The specific message is:

"Wireless association failed because Windows did not receive any
response from the the wireless router or access point."

The wireless NIC is an Atheros AR928X and it also has the latest Vista
driver. Any help will be appreciated.


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Old December 3rd 08, 03:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
MSDOS
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Have you tried resetting the router ?. Also , call up your Router
provider and discuss about updating the firmwire of the router.


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Old December 3rd 08, 04:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Victek
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Default Vista cannot connect to my wireless router

Have you tried resetting the router ?. Also , call up your Router
provider and discuss about updating the firmwire of the router.


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I've confirmed that the router has the latest firmware. I can connect my XP
laptop wireless to the router so I don't see how resetting it would make a
difference. The problem seems to be specific to Vista.

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Old December 4th 08, 03:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Victek
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Default Vista cannot connect to my wireless router



"Victek" wrote in message
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Have you tried resetting the router ?. Also , call up your Router
provider and discuss about updating the firmwire of the router.


--

I've confirmed that the router has the latest firmware. I can connect my
XP laptop wireless to the router so I don't see how resetting it would
make a difference. The problem seems to be specific to Vista.

Well, for the record I did reset the router and it resolved the problem. I
wish I knew why, but I will settle for the connection working. Thanks for
the suggestion.

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Old December 6th 08, 11:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
lynnbr2
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Default Vista cannot connect to my wireless router


You may want to examine the details of the setup for the firewall on
your router.

Mine is a AT&T-supplied router from 2wire, and part of its default
security firewall setup is to block responses to any computer not
already on its list. I have to manually disable this to add another
computer. (Doesn't have anything to do with the new computers OS, just
its computer name.)


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Old December 7th 08, 01:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
MSDOS
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Default Vista cannot connect to my wireless router


try this :

Goto network and sharing center and make the following changes:

Network Discovery : On
File Sharing : On
Password Protected Sharing: Off

Also , make sure that the Network type is set to Private and not to
public. You can also try to uninstall/reinstall Wireless adapter drivers
and try re connecting to the router.


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MSDOS
 




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