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Wireless connection problem
Ok, so this is my first post/thread but I've been doing a bit of research but couldn't find a definitive answer on my problem.
I have a desktop PC running Windows 7 RC (64bit) with a Netgear USB adapter, and a Dell laptop with an Intel wireless adapter running Windows 7 RC (32bit) and I'm experiencing the same problem with both systems.
The problem I'm having is that sometimes when I try to connect to my wireless router (Netgear), it states that it cannot connect to my network and it gives me the dreaded orange asterisk.
I have removed and re-installed the wireless driver on both systems numerous times but that doesn't seem to fix the problem. The only way I can connect to the router is by power cycling the router, and then they can both connect without a problem.
When you ask Windows to diagnose the connection problem, it reboots the wireless adapter but it still won't connect. Then it recommends to restart the router and that's what fixes the problem. So at first I thought that maybe I need to buy a new router even though I NEVER had any problems connecting with XP before.
I then remembered that my brothers laptop is still running XP on it, so I have tested the connection problem with his laptop every time I can't connect with either of my machines, and his XP laptop connects to the router without a problem.
I have determined that this is a problem with the OS or the drivers, but l have already tried un-installing and re-installing the drivers and that doesn't help.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what I can do to fix the problem? The biggest annoyance with this is that the router is in my brothers room, and since I work until 10pm every day, sometimes when I get home I'm not able to connect and he's already sleeping so I can't go in there to reboot the router.
Someone please help!!!!
Thanks