Dennis Myers wrote: > On a HP Presario zv5360us with 768mb of ram and intel cpu, onboard wireless > and I have been through 3 or 4 tutorials or howto's and using ndiswrapper my > wireless built in nic is recognized but won't access the router. Says "no > networks detected". Kwifimanager says I have 54mbps and 100% signal but not > connected. So has anyone else fought this fight and won, and if so, any > ideas what I might be doing wrong. I am nearly incoherent with this. Oh, > maybe that is my normal state, anyway, help is appreciated. > > Dumb question - Is the "beacon" turned off on your wireless access point (router)? If so, you will need to supply the essid of the access point before you can connect to it. This is a fairly common security mesure to make it harder for strangers to connect. (It doesn't stop them, it just slows them down a bit. Kind of like locking your doors.)
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