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Realtek 8185 wireless connection problem in w7 x64
Hi people
I have recently bought a new computer. It originally came with vista x64 and I have recently upgraded this to windows 7 x64.
Both on windows vista and windows 7 I have been having wireless connection problems with my Realtek 8185 Extensible 802.11b/g Wireless Device
On Vista the problem could be fixed, although this took a while and sometimes by various methods.
On windows 7 this is also the case. Sometimes it connects, seemingly by luck,but mostly not (although it can see the wireless network and is therefore working). I am using a Netgear WPN824v2 router and this is supplying wireless internet to two other computers, both of which run Windows XP.
Basically when I try to connect to my network I receive a message stating that Windows was unable to connect to my network. The wireless card does however see that the network is being broadcast.
Network diagnostics resets the adapter, but this does not resolve the issue. Windows issues an error message stating that there is a problem with the wireless adapter or access point.
To check if the problem is with the adapter or access point I have disabled the adapter and plugged in a wireless USB device (Netgear WPN111), which then works fine. This suggests to me that it is the adapter that is at fault and not the router. I am also using the correct passphrase key to connect.
The Router currently broadcasts a signal using WPA2-psk security and assigns IP and DHCP automatically. I have tried various drivers for the adapter but to no avail. I have also tried to install and use the latest driver from the realtek website (UI and Driver Auto Installation Program (Support Win7))
I also attempted to try an ipconfig but this tells me that the wireless connection media (the Realtek 8185 is disconnected, even though my PC is identifying wireless networks.
Hopefully you can help me resolve this issue. If you require any further information about the system then please don't hesitate to ask.
Regards
Bruce