saj_123
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Registered: 6th Jan 09
Location: Berkshire
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I have recently moved into my University house and we had Virgin 50mb installed the other day and 4 of the housemates can connect, 3 have windows 7 and one housemate has xp but the other 2 housemates have Vista, Virgin told me to download drivers but I dont no which ones to download. Can someone help us please.
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oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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You shouldnt need any drivers. Connect via an Ethernet to your Router?? See if that works.
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VrsTurbo
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Registered: 8th Jun 10
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shouldnt matter what internet speed you have. its the wireless key you need to input to get connected
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saj_123
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Registered: 6th Jan 09
Location: Berkshire
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Ethernet to router works but wireless doesnt, the wireless key is correct but still doesnt connect.
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Sam
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Did the wireless machines connect to other routers OK? Can it actually see the router being broadcast?
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Rowell
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Registered: 28th Mar 10
Location: Nottingham
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control panel -> system -> device manager (go down to network adaptors) - right click and update the driver software or download the correct one from the adaptors site. also you need to have the drivers installed for wireless adaptors.
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Dom
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The two can't connect being the Vista users? They using the wireless adaptors supplied by Virginmedia or are they using their own (are they external or internal)?
In either case, find how the wireless adaptors manufacturer and model and then go searching on manufacturers’ website for updated drivers.
It might also be worth completely uninstalling the current drivers, reboot the system and then reinstall using the drivers you downloaded.
Also double check that the wireless adaptors can support the encryption you're using on the router, chances are they will but some older adaptors don't support WPA and only WEP.
I doubt it is, but it might be worth checking to see if Mac Filtering is switched on within the router’s settings.
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