netbook connectivity problem.

[Jim K..]

Can we carry on with the fan wiring instead?

[Jim K..]

:-)

Stick with it Andy, I am appreciating your nouse (& patience!)

[Jim K..]

Like Andy told you then? Does it work now?

[Jim K..]

Do read the thread before jumping in & "helping"...

[Jim K..]

Mmm the dream helpline combo of Turnip & D i m ...

I reckon the OP's got it working & is too much of a tw*t to say so & also a "thanks"

[ss]

My PC is working ok but asus netbook will not connect.it is getting the signal but wont connect.

Signal strength is excellent.

I have tried `repair` but no joy.

It was connecting last Time I used it (I only use for hols) a couple of months back.

No changes have been made by me since last used.

What to try next? I havent a clue on this stuff.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Is this via Wi-Fi or cable?

If Wi-Fi, are you sure it is trying to connecting to your own signal? Round here, I get a choice of about a dozen.

Just that if you last used it elsewhere, it may have forgotten your own Wi-Fi password, or whatever.

[John Rumm]

What OS is it running?

(Often getting it to "forget" the details of an existing connection and then re-making it can help)

[Terry Casey]

Have you got a "Pair WPS" button on your WiFi router?

Try pressing it while your netbook is trying to connect to it and see what happens (you'll have to wait for it go through the motions - it wopn't be instantaneous).

Logging on to the router might shed some light on the problem. To quote the old maxim: "When all else fails, read the instructions!"

If you haven't got them or lost them, try looking for them on line.

[ss]

Using wi-fi all located where I normally use it. The connection is the correct one I have checked with the modem The connection is saved as `connect automatically` Against the connection for here it states `Limited or no connectivity`with a 5 bar green connection signal.

Other message:

`This problem ocurred because the network did not assign a network address to the computer`

Network Connection details: Physical address 1C-4B-D6-xx-xx-xx IP address 169.254.72xx Subnet mask 255.255.0.0 default gateway DNS server WINS server

[John Rumm]

What router? What OS on the netbook

What happens if you manually assign a IP and default gateway to the netbook wifi adapor (using an address that is not inside the DHVP address pool being allocated by the router)

[Jethro_uk]

Then unsave it and re-connect.

I'd hazard a guess that somewhere in the bowels of your network stack a certificate is borked. Especially if you've been "off grid" for a while and the clocks have drifted.

[Andy Burns]

you've connected to the actual wifi network, but your router hasn't allocated you an IP address, so the computer has "invented" one which is not much good, try rebooting your router.

[Tim+]

Well worth trying a router reboot.

Tim

[ss]

............Router Virgin hub 3.0 Win xp

Dont even know where to start on the above.

Tried pair WPS ....no change Tried reboot on router ......no change.

Message when trying to connect: windows was unable to find a certificate to log you on to Virgin media.

[dennis]

Maybe..

[Andy Burns]

Home networks rarely require certificates to connect to wifi (it's more for corporate networks) as suggested elsewhere tell windows to "forget" the virgin wifi network, then re-connect to it, and hopefully it should request a passphrase instead.

[ss]

I will try that, so what one of these three do I use.

wi-fi network name password settings password

[Andy Burns]

Assuming those are three pieces of info printed underneath the router?

You'd connect to the named wifi network, and give it the password when prompted.

The settings password is presumably for getting into the admin section on the router, if you've previously used that to change the wifi name and/or password all bets are off if you didn't make a note of the new values ...

[Dave Plowman (News)]

What OS are you using? On mine, if you hover the pointer over the one you want to connect to, it tells you what encryption it is using.