Linksys Wireless N won't pick up unencrypted signals

I have both a wireless G and a wireless N receiver.

It seems to me the older wireless G picks up unencrypted signals but my
new wireless N won't.

The wireless N will pick up encrypted signals I can't see with just the
wireless G.

Both are Linksys.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but could Linksys have installed drivers
in my new receiver that prevents me from picking up unencrypted
signals?

On 24 Jul 2006 07:52:12 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote in
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>I have both a wireless G and a wireless N receiver.
>
>It seems to me the older wireless G picks up unencrypted signals but my
>new wireless N won't.

How do you know?

>The wireless N will pick up encrypted signals I can't see with just the
>wireless G.

How do you know?

>Both are Linksys.
>
>Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but could Linksys have installed drivers
>in my new receiver that prevents me from picking up unencrypted
>signals?

Very unlikely. Something else is almost certainly going on.

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John Navas wrote:
> How do you know?

I can see an unencrypted signal when I use just the wireless G.
I can't see that same signal using the wireless N (but I can see other
encrypted signals the same).

On 24 Jul 2006 10:56:32 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote in
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>John Navas wrote:
>> How do you know?
>
>I can see an unencrypted signal when I use just the wireless G.

How? With software? What software?

>I can't see that same signal using the wireless N (but I can see other
>encrypted signals the same).

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John Navas wrote:

> How? With software? What software?

Both the provided linksys wireless N software and, after I shut that
off, the windows wireless network manager.

On 24 Jul 2006 12:52:11 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote in
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>John Navas wrote:
>
>> How? With software? What software?
>
>Both the provided linksys wireless N software and, after I shut that
>off, the windows wireless network manager.

In what way? Exactly. Does it not appear in the list of Available
Wireless Networks? Even when refreshed. Even when the two devices are
only a few feet apart?

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John Navas wrote:
> In what way? Exactly. Does it not appear in the list of Available
> Wireless Networks? Even when refreshed. Even when the two devices are
> only a few feet apart?

When I have both turned on at the same time, I can't see the
unencrypted signal.

When I have only the old wireless G, I can see the unencrypted signal.

When I have just the wireless N, the unencrypted signal does not come
up. Ever.

On 25 Jul 2006 06:43:37 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote in
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>John Navas wrote:
>> In what way? Exactly. Does it not appear in the list of Available
>> Wireless Networks? Even when refreshed. Even when the two devices are
>> only a few feet apart?
>
>When I have both turned on at the same time, I can't see the
>unencrypted signal.
>
>When I have only the old wireless G, I can see the unencrypted signal.
>
>When I have just the wireless N, the unencrypted signal does not come
>up. Ever.

See where? In View Available Wireless Networks? Refreshed? In Network
Stumbler? Something else? It's hard to help you without knowing
*exactly* what is going on.

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John Navas wrote:
> See where? In View Available Wireless Networks? Refreshed? In Network
> Stumbler? Something else? It's hard to help you without knowing
> *exactly* what is going on.

There are two areas where I can view the wireless connections - the
windows wireless network window and the linksys software wireless
display window that came with the linksys N receiver.

With the G, I only use the windows version. With the N, I've used both.
The software makes it so I can only use one or the other at the same
time. So I shut down one and refresh the list, shut down the other and
refresh the list. I get the same results when the wireless N is enabled
- no unencrypted signals register, just encrypted.

On 25 Jul 2006 08:23:57 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote in
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>John Navas wrote:
>> See where? In View Available Wireless Networks? Refreshed? In Network
>> Stumbler? Something else? It's hard to help you without knowing
>> *exactly* what is going on.
>
>There are two areas where I can view the wireless connections - the
>windows wireless network window and the linksys software wireless
>display window that came with the linksys N receiver.
>
>With the G, I only use the windows version. With the N, I've used both.
>The software makes it so I can only use one or the other at the same
>time. So I shut down one and refresh the list, shut down the other and
>refresh the list. I get the same results when the wireless N is enabled
>- no unencrypted signals register, just encrypted.

Sounds like something is screwed up in the driver settings. Check
Properties -> Advanced for the wireless network adapter.

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