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From: Jerri Ann Jerri on 27 Mar 2010 23:33 I have had a home network set up between two desktops, a printer and a laptop. We have a wireless router. I just bought a new wireless HP printer/fax. I can't get it on the network. Now I think I have messed up the network. I have Windows XP on my desktop and it won't let me view much about the network. It always wants to run the wizard. The Wireless Network Test Report from the printer that was printed said that the wireless was on, the wireless was working, the Network name (SSID) was found, but the security failed. Only two networks show up when it looks for a network to join. They were two different names, but I probably messed up and was trying to find the key so I ran the wizard again and changed the name to match the network that it said was on my laptop. So now I have two networks with the same name. Neither of them work. The one that I created on my desktop shows a question mark on signal strength rather than giving me a number. Can anyone help me?
From: Jack [MVP-Networking] on 28 Mar 2010 13:23
Hi At this point do not use the wizard any more, configure both computers manually. Look at each computer properties and makes sure that all the computer are configured for the same Network. http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_network.htm Re-Boot the computers after the reconfiguration. Then switch off every thing including the Router. Wait a Minute switch On the Router, and then the computers. If the secondary Networks did not go leave them alone they would disappear after few more boots. For the Wireless laptop this might help. My Wireless does not work - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html Wireless Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html As far as the Wireless printer. Once the rest of the network works. Read the printer manual and configure the Printer with the software that came with it. Do not make any changes to you Network, the printer should adapt to your Network and Not vice versa. Jack (MS, MVP-Networking). "Jerri Ann" <Jerri Ann(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:79FB348F-E47E-4BBF-8CAB-2452E488441E(a)microsoft.com... >I have had a home network set up between two desktops, a printer and a > laptop. We have a wireless router. I just bought a new wireless HP > printer/fax. I can't get it on the network. Now I think I have messed up > the network. I have Windows XP on my desktop and it won't let me view > much > about the network. It always wants to run the wizard. The Wireless > Network > Test Report from the printer that was printed said that the wireless was > on, > the wireless was working, the Network name (SSID) was found, but the > security > failed. > > Only two networks show up when it looks for a network to join. They were > two different names, but I probably messed up and was trying to find the > key > so I ran the wizard again and changed the name to match the network that > it > said was on my laptop. So now I have two networks with the same name. > Neither of them work. The one that I created on my desktop shows a > question > mark on signal strength rather than giving me a number. > > Can anyone help me? > |