Help with Netgear setup

A friend has just bought a wireless router , a Netgear WPN834.They are using
WPA.When trying to connect to it wirelessly, the other PC(Laptop) can find
the network but cannot connect .Signal Strength is full.
Tried turning off the security altogether and still cannot connect.
From what I can understand the card in the laptop is a Prism 3 IEEE 802.11b
..

Please , if you can offer any advice, keep it simple, neither of us are
particularly techinically minded !!

Thanks

"LionOfTheSouth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>A friend has just bought a wireless router , a Netgear WPN834.They are
>using WPA.When trying to connect to it wirelessly, the other PC(Laptop) can
>find the network but cannot connect .Signal Strength is full.
> Tried turning off the security altogether and still cannot connect.
> From what I can understand the card in the laptop is a Prism 3 IEEE
> 802.11b .
>
> Please , if you can offer any advice, keep it simple, neither of us are
> particularly techinically minded !!
>
> Thanks
>

I haven't researched the Netgear WPN834, however, make sure that your
wireless router is set to either B & G or just B if you want that particular
laptop's card to be able to communicate with it. Also, there are many
wireless B cards that DO NOT support WPA or WPA2 or WPA-PSK. I haven't
researched the Prism 3 card so I cannot say whether or not it supports WPA.
Anyway, let us know if this solves your issue.

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"Doug Jamal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "LionOfTheSouth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:tcUPh.15765$_(E-Mail Removed) ...
>>A friend has just bought a wireless router , a Netgear WPN834.They are
>>using WPA.When trying to connect to it wirelessly, the other PC(Laptop)
>>can find the network but cannot connect .Signal Strength is full.
>> Tried turning off the security altogether and still cannot connect.
>> From what I can understand the card in the laptop is a Prism 3 IEEE
>> 802.11b .
>>
>> Please , if you can offer any advice, keep it simple, neither of us are
>> particularly techinically minded !!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> I haven't researched the Netgear WPN834, however, make sure that your
> wireless router is set to either B & G or just B if you want that
> particular laptop's card to be able to communicate with it. Also, there
> are many wireless B cards that DO NOT support WPA or WPA2 or WPA-PSK. I
> haven't researched the Prism 3 card so I cannot say whether or not it
> supports WPA. Anyway, let us know if this solves your issue.
>
> --
> ________
> Just Me, D

Yes, the router is set up for b&g . She did try disabling security
altogether and still couldnt connect.

On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:35:29 GMT, "LionOfTheSouth"
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>"Doug Jamal" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:46102afa$0$27068$(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> "LionOfTheSouth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:tcUPh.15765$_(E-Mail Removed) ...
>>>A friend has just bought a wireless router , a Netgear WPN834.They are
>>>using WPA.When trying to connect to it wirelessly, the other PC(Laptop)
>>>can find the network but cannot connect .Signal Strength is full.
>>> Tried turning off the security altogether and still cannot connect.
>>> From what I can understand the card in the laptop is a Prism 3 IEEE
>>> 802.11b .
>>>
>>> Please , if you can offer any advice, keep it simple, neither of us are
>>> particularly techinically minded !!

>> I haven't researched the Netgear WPN834, however, make sure that your
>> wireless router is set to either B & G or just B if you want that
>> particular laptop's card to be able to communicate with it. Also, there
>> are many wireless B cards that DO NOT support WPA or WPA2 or WPA-PSK. I
>> haven't researched the Prism 3 card so I cannot say whether or not it
>> supports WPA. Anyway, let us know if this solves your issue.

>Yes, the router is set up for b&g . She did try disabling security
>altogether and still couldnt connect.

1. Make sure MAC filtering is turned off. Ideally, hard reset the
wireless access point to manufacturer defaults and start over.

2. Make sure all wireless devices have the latest firmware.

3. Put the wireless client about 6 feet from the wireless access point
when testing.

4. See if the wireless client can connect to some other wireless (e.g.,
public hotspot).

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