Solved: No connections available after renaming network


  1. Dacs
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    Solved: No connections available after renaming network


    I renamed the wireless network (ESSID) of my router from one of my Windows XP PC's, and then found that my Windows 7 PC could no longer see any networks at all (there are several from neighbours in addition to mine).

    Nothing seemed to help - Rebooting, uninstalling drivers for the wireless card, etc. Eventually I got it to work by giving the network card a fixed IP address, and the it could see all the networks again. I could then change it back to DHCP and it was still okay.
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  3. torrentg
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    Static ip address is always smart way to go.

    PC boots slightly faster too, although that's very minimal difference.
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