Vista not showing my wireless network

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I have a Buffalo WMR-G54 router connected to my PC that acts as my
wireless network.

I generally use my Windows XP laptop to connect and never have any
problem seeing the network and connecting to it. In fact, I can
generally see 6 nearby networks, including my own.

My network is on Channel 13, 802.11g, Open authentication, WEP.

Recently I have bought a Windows Vista laptop for my mother, who does
not have broadband set up yet and thus her network is not ready

I decided to use it with my network to set up firewalls, etc, via the
internet.

However, Vista is not showing my network at all and I cannot connect.
In fact, it is only showing 2 of the networks I can see from my XP
laptop.

This suggests it is not an issue with the network being set to not
broadcast (I have not set this as far as I can tell anyway).

My network is the strongest signal, so I have no idea why the 2 weaker
signals are picked up and mine is not.

I did try the manual connect option, but this did not connect to
anything, even though I put in all the correct connection details.

I even set up my router to directly use the Vista laptop Mac address.
Still no success.

ANy ideas anyone?

Cheers

Mark
 
This could be the incompatible issue. this link may help,

Vista incompatible issuesVista Incompatible issues. 1. Some switches or routers may not compatible with Vista - Solutions: upgrade the firmware, disable the IPv6, re-configure the ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistacompatible.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have a Buffalo WMR-G54 router connected to my PC that acts as my
wireless network.

I generally use my Windows XP laptop to connect and never have any
problem seeing the network and connecting to it. In fact, I can
generally see 6 nearby networks, including my own.

My network is on Channel 13, 802.11g, Open authentication, WEP.

Recently I have bought a Windows Vista laptop for my mother, who does
not have broadband set up yet and thus her network is not ready

I decided to use it with my network to set up firewalls, etc, via the
internet.

However, Vista is not showing my network at all and I cannot connect.
In fact, it is only showing 2 of the networks I can see from my XP
laptop.

This suggests it is not an issue with the network being set to not
broadcast (I have not set this as far as I can tell anyway).

My network is the strongest signal, so I have no idea why the 2 weaker
signals are picked up and mine is not.

I did try the manual connect option, but this did not connect to
anything, even though I put in all the correct connection details.

I even set up my router to directly use the Vista laptop Mac address.
Still no success.

ANy ideas anyone?

Cheers

Mark
 
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