Wireless networking

1 Oct 2006 6:16 PM

oldboot1

I recently purchased a laptop with wireless networking,when I click on view
wireless networks the only one that comes up is my home connection.My son has
a laptop in the same house and he has about 5 different connections that he
can connect to,what do I need to also see these available connections.When I
view the order of availbale connections they all have a red x except my home
connection.

1 Oct 2006 7:48 PM

Lem

oldboot1 wrote:

> I recently purchased a laptop with wireless networking,when I click on view
> wireless networks the only one that comes up is my home connection.My son has
> a laptop in the same house and he has about 5 different connections that he
> can connect to,what do I need to also see these available connections.When I
> view the order of availbale connections they all have a red x except my home
> connection.

If you are seeing red X's, it sounds as if you're looking at the list of
"Preferred networks" rather than the list called "Choose a wireless
network." The list of preferred networks only represents networks that
the computer has previously connected to. Those networks may or may not
be in range (i.e., available) at any given location and/or time.

1 Oct 2006 7:59 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
Since using the other connections might be illegal you are better of leaving
it as is.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"oldboot1" <oldbo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I recently purchased a laptop with wireless networking,when I click on view
> wireless networks the only one that comes up is my home connection.My son
> has
> a laptop in the same house and he has about 5 different connections that
> he
> can connect to,what do I need to also see these available connections.When
> I
> view the order of availbale connections they all have a red x except my
> home
> connection.

2 Oct 2006 12:57 AM

David Hettel

A couple of thoughts occur to me, your son might have a better radio, one
that is stronger and can connect to access points farther away than yours.
Not all cards are the same.

Two in your son's computer you might be looking at access points he has
already connected to, that doesn't mean he could actually connect to them in
your house. They could be a list of access points he has connected to at
some time in the pass, or preferred access points.

Three your son might have a card that works in more than one mode, such as
an a/b/g card, and can see access points that your card is not designed to
see.

Hope this helps.

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> Hi
> Since using the other connections might be illegal you are better of
> leaving it as is.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "oldboot1" <oldbo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D2E591E1-42D8-4DA7-AB94-8A2EDAFFCB09@microsoft.com...
>>I recently purchased a laptop with wireless networking,when I click on
>>view
>> wireless networks the only one that comes up is my home connection.My son
>> has
>> a laptop in the same house and he has about 5 different connections that
>> he
>> can connect to,what do I need to also see these available
>> connections.When I
>> view the order of availbale connections they all have a red x except my
>> home
>> connection.
>
>