would anyone be able to help figure out why my gateway notebook model # mx6214 cannot pick up my wireless network connection in my house.. i have a netgear wireless router and i have my hp desktop, my hp notebook, and my ps3 all on the same connection but i cannot get the my gateway notebook to connect on the network please give me suggestions on what im missing...i have entered all my network configurations into the gateway and it wont accept it.. and i have also ran the wireless network setup wizard and didnt get anywhere thanks
What happens with it? Does it see the name of your wireless network at all? Does it see any other wireless networks near by? Does it attempt to connect and get an IP address (does the little yellow ball move about on the wireless network icon down by the clock)? What are you on, vista or xp? You should start by going into the advanced properties of your wireless card, click on the "wireless networks" tab, make sure the "use windows to configure my wireless networks" box is ticked, and if there are any network names in the list of preferred networks, highlight them and remove or delete them. It could be that your router is using a level of encryption higher than what your wireless card in your laptop supports. For instance if you see in your routers config that it is using WPA or WPA-2 you might need to bring it down to WEP to get it to connect to your laptop. Also, when you say you have "entered all your network configurations into the gateway" what do you mean exactly? As long as your router is on and broadcasting the ssid (the wireless network name, and I assume it is since you say you are using other wireless devices ok) you shouldn't need to configure anything, it should just attempt to connect and then either connect if there is no security, ask for the encrpytion key if there is security or error out saying the network has gone out of range (or something similar) if your security settings are not supported by the wireless card in the device you are trying to connect with.
