britishbob Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just had to go out and buy a new laptop..... An i5 Asus U52. Can't get the wireless to work! It sees the S.S.I.D. I cannot connect. Using a netgear 3500 router tried standard methods as well as Wps and using routers pin but no joy. An internet search seems to show I am not the only buyer with Asus wireless problems. Anyone familiar with this brand and the procedure? Getting to the point that I am considering rolling up my left trouser leg whilst simultaneously sacrificing the cat...... (with a tin foil hat of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cskenney Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Did you try with all security turned off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishbob Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Yeah did that with the same result. Whether security is on or off, it keeps blaming the router and giving instructions for switching the router off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishbob Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Okay, Solved the problem: I use the wireless access control to keep stray snoopers off my wireless network. For some reason if I switch access control off, it connected and allowed me to reinstate access control again. Strange but true..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usacomp2k3 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 What is "access control"? MAC address filtering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishbob Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 What is "access control"? MAC address filtering? That would be the beastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cskenney Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 If you use MAC address filtering (which seems to me to be more pain than it is worth) you either needed to disable it so your router could obtain the MAC address of your new laptop or you needed to add the laptop MAC address to the list of "authorized" clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usacomp2k3 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 That would be the beastie Uggh. Turn that off. It gives no additional benefit as long as you are using a good encryption method such as WPA-AES or either WPA2 scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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