Lost Connection

I have three PCs on a home wireless network (Linksys). Two are XP/3
and one is Vista. The Vista and one of the XPs are laptops. The
remaining PC is a Tower connected to the wireless router via wire.
Until very recently connection to the Internet was available on all
three PCs. Connection was "Automatic."

Now the two laptops cannot connect to the 'Net via my home wireless
network. I can connect the two laptops to the 'Net via another
available unsecured network.

What should I do to re-establish connection to the 'Net of my two
laptops using my home wireless network?

Many thanks,

Peter.

PVR wrote:
> I have three PCs on a home wireless network (Linksys). Two are XP/3
> and one is Vista. The Vista and one of the XPs are laptops. The
> remaining PC is a Tower connected to the wireless router via wire.
> Until very recently connection to the Internet was available on all
> three PCs. Connection was "Automatic."
>
> Now the two laptops cannot connect to the 'Net via my home wireless
> network. I can connect the two laptops to the 'Net via another
> available unsecured network.
>
> What should I do to re-establish connection to the 'Net of my two
> laptops using my home wireless network?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Peter.
>
>

You didn't supply enough information, but given that both laptops can
connect to an unsecured wireless network, the possibilities seem to be:

1. You have a secured wireless network and the credentials on the
laptops don't match those set in the router.

2. The router's wifi radio has been turned off or died.

Given that this happened to 2 laptops (at the same time?), it's unlikely
that both laptops lost their encryption keys at the same time. Thus, if
#1 is the case, the encryption key must have changed in the router.

To check for #2, use either laptop to search for available wireless
networks. Do you see your network listed? If so, is it designated as
secure or not insecure? What happens when you try to connect?

If you establish that the router's wifi radio is on, then enter your
router's configuration utility using the tower, and reset the encryption
mode and password.


--
Lem

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html

Lem, many thanks for your help. Following your suggestions I solved my
problem.

Peter.

"Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote in message
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> PVR wrote:
>> I have three PCs on a home wireless network (Linksys). Two are XP/3
>> and one is Vista. The Vista and one of the XPs are laptops. The
>> remaining PC is a Tower connected to the wireless router via wire.
>> Until very recently connection to the Internet was available on all
>> three PCs. Connection was "Automatic."
>>
>> Now the two laptops cannot connect to the 'Net via my home wireless
>> network. I can connect the two laptops to the 'Net via another
>> available unsecured network.
>>
>> What should I do to re-establish connection to the 'Net of my two
>> laptops using my home wireless network?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Peter.
>>
>>
>
> You didn't supply enough information, but given that both laptops
> can connect to an unsecured wireless network, the possibilities seem
> to be:
>
> 1. You have a secured wireless network and the credentials on the
> laptops don't match those set in the router.
>
> 2. The router's wifi radio has been turned off or died.
>
> Given that this happened to 2 laptops (at the same time?), it's
> unlikely that both laptops lost their encryption keys at the same
> time. Thus, if #1 is the case, the encryption key must have changed
> in the router.
>
> To check for #2, use either laptop to search for available wireless
> networks. Do you see your network listed? If so, is it designated as
> secure or not insecure? What happens when you try to connect?
>
> If you establish that the router's wifi radio is on, then enter your
> router's configuration utility using the tower, and reset the
> encryption mode and password.
>
>
> --
> Lem
>
> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html