AtheistPreacher
Well-Known Member
So I'm having issues with my wireless network. It all conked out yesterday, and I had to reset both the router and the modem. However, for some reason it wiped out all the settings and encryption on the router. Not sure why, it's never done that before.
In any case, I re-did the SSID and the same WPA2 encryption key as before. Now my own home laptop works, my roommate's PS3 works... but my work laptop doesn't. It's an ancient Dell running XP. I've already tried removing the wireless profile and re-adding it, multiple times... no joy. I also can't do a lot of the driver checks etc that I would do otherwise, because it's the company's computer and I have no admin privileges. However, that shouldn't matter, it worked fine on this connection for 6 months, and only stopped working yesterday when the router got reset.
Works with an ethernet cable, but I need the cable for my IP phone... we don't have enough slots on the router for me to connect both, so I need to resolve this.
Any ideas? My company's IT guys are mandated not to waste time on emplyees' home networks, so I can use any help I can get.
In any case, I re-did the SSID and the same WPA2 encryption key as before. Now my own home laptop works, my roommate's PS3 works... but my work laptop doesn't. It's an ancient Dell running XP. I've already tried removing the wireless profile and re-adding it, multiple times... no joy. I also can't do a lot of the driver checks etc that I would do otherwise, because it's the company's computer and I have no admin privileges. However, that shouldn't matter, it worked fine on this connection for 6 months, and only stopped working yesterday when the router got reset.
Works with an ethernet cable, but I need the cable for my IP phone... we don't have enough slots on the router for me to connect both, so I need to resolve this.
Any ideas? My company's IT guys are mandated not to waste time on emplyees' home networks, so I can use any help I can get.