Hi,
I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can see the
network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It just times out.
Although it finds all the networks available in the area they all display
without any green bars in the speed bars. It seems to have no wireless
power. The green bars are all grey instead of green even when the laptop is
stood next to the router. I have another laptop that connects without any
problems.

I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them from the
drivers folder. This made no difference.

Is there anything else I can try?

Maybe your wireless card does not support the encryption used for the
network. It's likely to happen if you're using WPA/WPA2 with an old laptop.

"lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:6d2dnTkEDMdwhu_XnZ2dnUVZ8lqdnZ2d@pipex.net...[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can see
> the network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It just
> times out. Although it finds all the networks available in the area they
> all display without any green bars in the speed bars. It seems to have no
> wireless power. The green bars are all grey instead of green even when the
> laptop is stood next to the router. I have another laptop that connects
> without any problems.
>
> I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them from
> the drivers folder. This made no difference.
>
> Is there anything else I can try?
>[/color]

No, It is a reasonably new laptop (15 months) and I have also tried it with
WEP. Same problem.

"BLANC-BERNARD, Nicolas" <nblancbernard******.com> wrote in message
news:es1Q$gaEKHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Maybe your wireless card does not support the encryption used for the
> network. It's likely to happen if you're using WPA/WPA2 with an old
> laptop.
>
> "lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> a écrit dans le message de
> news:6d2dnTkEDMdwhu_XnZ2dnUVZ8lqdnZ2d@pipex.net...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>> I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can see
>> the network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It just
>> times out. Although it finds all the networks available in the area they
>> all display without any green bars in the speed bars. It seems to have no
>> wireless power. The green bars are all grey instead of green even when
>> the laptop is stood next to the router. I have another laptop that
>> connects without any problems.
>>
>> I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them from
>> the drivers folder. This made no difference.
>>
>> Is there anything else I can try?
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Does it work if you turn off all encryption?
Is it possible to swap the wireless network card from the laptop that works
to test?

"lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
news:8NmdnVVTUduubO_XnZ2dnUVZ8kydnZ2d@pipex.net...[color=blue]
> No, It is a reasonably new laptop (15 months) and I have also tried it
> with WEP. Same problem.
>
> "BLANC-BERNARD, Nicolas" <nblancbernard******.com> wrote in message
> news:es1Q$gaEKHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Maybe your wireless card does not support the encryption used for the
>> network. It's likely to happen if you're using WPA/WPA2 with an old
>> laptop.
>>
>> "lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> a écrit dans le message de
>> news:6d2dnTkEDMdwhu_XnZ2dnUVZ8lqdnZ2d@pipex.net...[color=darkred]
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can see
>>> the network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It just
>>> times out. Although it finds all the networks available in the area they
>>> all display without any green bars in the speed bars. It seems to have
>>> no wireless power. The green bars are all grey instead of green even
>>> when the laptop is stood next to the router. I have another laptop that
>>> connects without any problems.
>>>
>>> I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them from
>>> the drivers folder. This made no difference.
>>>
>>> Is there anything else I can try?
>>>[/color]
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]

It doesn't work without encryption either and it isn't possible to swap as
they are built in network cards.

"Eric" <someone@idontwantspam.com> wrote in message
news:eR2bwNeEKHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Does it work if you turn off all encryption?
> Is it possible to swap the wireless network card from the laptop that
> works to test?
>
> "lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
> news:8NmdnVVTUduubO_XnZ2dnUVZ8kydnZ2d@pipex.net...[color=green]
>> No, It is a reasonably new laptop (15 months) and I have also tried it
>> with WEP. Same problem.
>>
>> "BLANC-BERNARD, Nicolas" <nblancbernard******.com> wrote in message
>> news:es1Q$gaEKHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Maybe your wireless card does not support the encryption used for the
>>> network. It's likely to happen if you're using WPA/WPA2 with an old
>>> laptop.
>>>
>>> "lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> a écrit dans le message de
>>> news:6d2dnTkEDMdwhu_XnZ2dnUVZ8lqdnZ2d@pipex.net...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can see
>>>> the network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It just
>>>> times out. Although it finds all the networks available in the area
>>>> they all display without any green bars in the speed bars. It seems to
>>>> have no wireless power. The green bars are all grey instead of green
>>>> even when the laptop is stood next to the router. I have another laptop
>>>> that connects without any problems.
>>>>
>>>> I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them
>>>> from the drivers folder. This made no difference.
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything else I can try?
>>>>
>>>[/color]
>>
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]

basically, when I hover over the network in 'connect to a network' screen it
tells me the name of the network and Signal Strength: No Signal on
security -enabled networks and Unsecured Network.

"lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
news:6d2dnTkEDMdwhu_XnZ2dnUVZ8lqdnZ2d@pipex.net...[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can see
> the network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It just
> times out. Although it finds all the networks available in the area they
> all display without any green bars in the speed bars. It seems to have no
> wireless power. The green bars are all grey instead of green even when the
> laptop is stood next to the router. I have another laptop that connects
> without any problems.
>
> I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them from
> the drivers folder. This made no difference.
>
> Is there anything else I can try?
>[/color]

It sounds like your wireless networking is bad. If that's built in the the
motherboard, you may need a new motherboard (which may mean you'll want to
buy a whole new laptop).
I know someone just recently who had the (wired) network port on their
desktop motherboard go bad. It was showing a network but wouldn't connect.
I gave them an old network card to use and it worked fine.

"lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
news:o8mdnQdlkNY2iO7XnZ2dnUVZ8jGdnZ2d@pipex.net...[color=blue]
> It doesn't work without encryption either and it isn't possible to swap as
> they are built in network cards.
>
> "Eric" <someone@idontwantspam.com> wrote in message
> news:eR2bwNeEKHA.4184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Does it work if you turn off all encryption?
>> Is it possible to swap the wireless network card from the laptop that
>> works to test?
>>
>> "lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
>> news:8NmdnVVTUduubO_XnZ2dnUVZ8kydnZ2d@pipex.net...[color=darkred]
>>> No, It is a reasonably new laptop (15 months) and I have also tried it
>>> with WEP. Same problem.
>>>
>>> "BLANC-BERNARD, Nicolas" <nblancbernard******.com> wrote in message
>>> news:es1Q$gaEKHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Maybe your wireless card does not support the encryption used for the
>>>> network. It's likely to happen if you're using WPA/WPA2 with an old
>>>> laptop.
>>>>
>>>> "lenny109" <lenny@thetakeout.com> a écrit dans le message de
>>>> news:6d2dnTkEDMdwhu_XnZ2dnUVZ8lqdnZ2d@pipex.net...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I have a siemens Amilo laptop with a built in wireless card. It can
>>>>> see the network and asks for the network key but doesn't connect. It
>>>>> just times out. Although it finds all the networks available in the
>>>>> area they all display without any green bars in the speed bars. It
>>>>> seems to have no wireless power. The green bars are all grey instead
>>>>> of green even when the laptop is stood next to the router. I have
>>>>> another laptop that connects without any problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have removed the drivers from device manager and reinstalled them
>>>>> from the drivers folder. This made no difference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there anything else I can try?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>[/color]
>>
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]