Lenovo wireless access problem

I have had a Lenovo 3000 N100 for a couple of months. I have not been
able to get the wireless to work but I thought that was because of the
old old wireless router I had. I just purchased a Linksys 54g and the
wireless connection still does not work. The router works fine will
the ports I don't have anyway of testing the wireless. I check all the
driver settings in the Laptop and it says that it does not get a signal
at all. I am broadcasting the SSID on the router and I would figure
that I would get secured access point at least but I am getting
nothing. All the hardware looks good. I just don't know what is wrong?

"Seth" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>I have had a Lenovo 3000 N100 for a couple of months. I have not been
>able to get the wireless to work but I thought that was because of the
>old old wireless router I had. I just purchased a Linksys 54g and the
>wireless connection still does not work. The router works fine will
>the ports I don't have anyway of testing the wireless. I check all the
>driver settings in the Laptop and it says that it does not get a signal
>at all. I am broadcasting the SSID on the router and I would figure
>that I would get secured access point at least but I am getting
>nothing. All the hardware looks good. I just don't know what is wrong?

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Do you have the Intel or Lenovo wireless a/b/g card?

Are you using the Intel Proset utilities, the whatever the IBM
wireless LAN client manager is called, or Windoze Wireless Zero
Config?

Are you sure you have the latest wireless drivers from the IBM/Lenovo
web pile?

My guess(tm) is that you have the wireless somehow disabled. There
are at least 4 places to do this on your machine. As I recall, it can
be disabled in the CMOS setup, in the wireless driver, in Windoze WSC,
in the IBM wireless LAN client manager thing, or from a button on the
front panel. I'm not sure where to start, but I would systematically
check every possible place where it might be disabled. There should
be an icon or two in the system tray declaring the wireless to be
enabled and functional. Also, check the Device Manager to see if the
card is disabled there:
Right click on My Computah on the desktop and select
Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager
There should be no red or yellow markings indicating driver problems
or disabled drivers.

Meanwhile, invite someone over with a working laptop and see if they
can connect to your WRT54G.

Also, enable WPA encryption immediately on your ????54G router to keep
the world out of your internet connection.

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