sky netgear wifi query - help please

I have a Sky Netgear router, which works fine - except for wifi linking with
my Dell Inspiron laptop.

I can get the Dell internal wireless connection to work with various
routers, but not the Sky one. I've even tried switching off encryption
altogether. It attemps to make a connection - but just keeps dropping. My
brother and a friend have exactly the same problem with their Sky/Netgear
routers.

I found a solution by switching off the internal wireless adapter and using
a usb wifi dongle. That connects to the Sky router first time using WEP
encryption. I solved
the other 2 connections in the same way.

However, I am intrigued as to the reason the internal wifi adapter won't do
the job with the Sky/Netgear router, when it works with many others. I've
searched online and in newsgroups to no avail. Can anyone offer any
suggestions please.

However, I am intrigued as to the reason the internal wifi adapter won't do
the job with the Sky/Netgear router, when it works with many others.

I suspect the answer to this lies somewhere in this sentence;

"You use Vista, don't you ?"

There's a subtle clue to the route cause of the issues right there.

On 21 Aug, 16:43, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:
However, I am intrigued as to the reason the internal wifi adapter won't do
the job with the Sky/Netgear router, when it works with many others.

I suspect the answer to this lies somewhere in this sentence;

"You use Vista, don't you ?"

There's a subtle clue to the route cause of the issues right there.

I have seen a couple of things that may explain this.
Well sort of explain.

1.
Some systems seem to have problems when the
ssid is "hidden".

2.
Microsoft changed the way that DHCP is done with Vista.
Do not know exactly what they changed or why.
In this case the wireless would connect but
then if dhcp fails no communications
is possible. You can work around the latter with
a static address/dns etc.

By changing the wireless adapter you are also changing
the driver. Maybe worth checking the driver version and
considering changing the wireless management
method in the PC. I do not really understand that
side. Wireless Zero is something to look up.

If only it were so easy, I'm using XP!

"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote
in message ...
However, I am intrigued as to the reason the internal wifi adapter won't
do
the job with the Sky/Netgear router, when it works with many others.

I suspect the answer to this lies somewhere in this sentence;

"You use Vista, don't you ?"

There's a subtle clue to the route cause of the issues right there.

The SSID is being broadcast, I've updated the drivers and I'm still
stumped - but, thanks for your reply.

"bod43" wrote in message
...
On 21 Aug, 16:43, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:
However, I am intrigued as to the reason the internal wifi adapter
won't do
the job with the Sky/Netgear router, when it works with many others.

I suspect the answer to this lies somewhere in this sentence;

"You use Vista, don't you ?"

There's a subtle clue to the route cause of the issues right there.

I have seen a couple of things that may explain this.
Well sort of explain.

1.
Some systems seem to have problems when the
ssid is "hidden".

2.
Microsoft changed the way that DHCP is done with Vista.
Do not know exactly what they changed or why.
In this case the wireless would connect but
then if dhcp fails no communications
is possible. You can work around the latter with
a static address/dns etc.

By changing the wireless adapter you are also changing
the driver. Maybe worth checking the driver version and
considering changing the wireless management
method in the PC. I do not really understand that
side. Wireless Zero is something to look up.

On 23/08/09 20:28, Sgt Pepper wrote:

The SSID is being broadcast, I've updated the drivers and I'm still
stumped - but, thanks for your reply.

wrote in message
Microsoft changed the way that DHCP is done with Vista.

google for "vista dhcp broadcast" the microsoft knowledge base article
at the top of the results will fix the problem.

In article ,
says...
If only it were so easy, I'm using XP!

This is a stab in the dark, but I used to have a Netgear card in an
older build of XP. Wifi would fail if you didn't disable the QOS setting
for the wifi driver on the pc.

Might be worth a go if the option is still available.
Also, I've heard of people having all sorts of wifi problems with XP
after they installed SP3.
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If only it were so easy, I'm using XP!

Damn, stumped then :-}

Does it work under linux ?