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Desktop can see wireless network but wont' connect?

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Bloodstriker

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I've been trying to figure this out but I think I'm at a brick wall.

I have a desktop in the room adjacent to the router with a D-Link Xtreme N Desktop PCI Express Adapter (DWA-556) on a machine running Win 7 Home Premium 64. The router is a Netgear WNDR-3700.

The problem is that when the OS boots, the wireless card can see both the guest network and the main network, however it won't always connect. If I try to manually connect, 7 times out of 10, it will time out and not connect.

This used to work flawlessly until I upgraded the old cable modem and put in a modem/router combo. I then had the cable company set the modem/router to bridgemode and brought back the Netgear router into the picture, but now I have problems connecting. However, I'm guessing that the modem will have nothing to do with this since I can't even connect to the network.

The main network (2.4) is set to WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES].

All other devices are able to connect without problem (2 laptops, 3 iphones, 1 ipad, PS3, XBOX 360). Interference isn't the problem as I've tested without any other devices connected to the router.

I'm completely at a loss here - any ideas?
 
It may be a windows service not started. As I recall its windows wireless zero configuration has to be set to automatic start.
 
When your desktop connects, what IP address does it get? If you don't know how to get the IP address, start the Command Prompt and enter: ipconfig /all

Next, try:
Turn off the computer.
Turn off the modem and leave the router on.
Run on the computer.

Also, can you explain by what you mean the cable company set the modem/router to bridgemode? How did they connect the Ethernet cable from the modem/router to the Netgear router?
 
Disable temp. the security on the Router and see if it works without security.

Adjust the Software Firewall to make sure that it is not blocking the connection.



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her209 said:
When your desktop connects, what IP address does it get? If you don't know how to get the IP address, start the Command Prompt and enter: ipconfig /all

Next, try:
Turn off the computer.
Turn off the modem and leave the router on.
Run on the computer.

Also, can you explain by what you mean the cable company set the modem/router to bridgemode? How did they connect the Ethernet cable from the modem/router to the Netgear router?
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I'l have to check the IP when I get off work.

But to answer your last question, the modem that the cable company gave me originally acted as both a modem and wireless router all in one (which had horrible wifi performance). In order for me to use my own netgear router I had to call the company and they remotely switched the modem/router to act as only a modem. The connection from the modem to the router is via an ethernet cable from port 1 of the modem to the internet port on the router.
 
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