Own WLAN unaccessible, others no problem...

I've got a problem with my one and only XPP SP3-Thinkpad: It's not connecting
or even detecting my WLAN-router, reset'ed to factory settings -- as in
wide-open and standard ESSID. Also tried ESSID HLLOWRL. No success.

The odd thing is that ordinary TP cable-connections works without flaws with
this specific 'Zyxel Prestige 660HW-61'-router and all other nearby WLANs,
are detected and accessible.

Any ideas?

DS PS
I might add my F-prot antivirus earlier False-Positived (dev.confirmed) and
quarantined some RAS-files. Everything reset'ed by Ms RArepair.zip and some
handy-work under RAS-branch in Registry. Before RA-repaired, I'd experienced
the Thinkpads inability to create new RAS-connections.

//P

Hi
Wired LAN and Wireless LAN are using two different Network cards and have No
direct relation hardware wise.
Check the computer's Wireless Configuration,
http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"A CP/M to XP/P-traveller" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message news:08374A75-FF42-431F-8698-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've got a problem with my one and only XPP SP3-Thinkpad: It's not
> connecting
> or even detecting my WLAN-router, reset'ed to factory settings -- as in
> wide-open and standard ESSID. Also tried ESSID HLLOWRL. No success.
>
> The odd thing is that ordinary TP cable-connections works without flaws
> with
> this specific 'Zyxel Prestige 660HW-61'-router and all other nearby WLANs,
> are detected and accessible.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> DS PS
> I might add my F-prot antivirus earlier False-Positived (dev.confirmed)
> and
> quarantined some RAS-files. Everything reset'ed by Ms RArepair.zip and
> some
> handy-work under RAS-branch in Registry. Before RA-repaired, I'd
> experienced
> the Thinkpads inability to create new RAS-connections.
>
> //P

Hi, been there, done that. I'm thinking Registry by now...

x - IBM Thinkpad Wireless on/off keyboard switch -> goes on/off, seems okay
x - IBM Thinkpad Access Connections -> no success, only a few older nearby
WLANs
x - XPP Wireless Zero Configuration -> no success, all *nearby* WLANs are
surfable
x - Zyxel 660HW-61 hw-reset'ed with clip, confirmed in router-admin. via TP
-> nope
x - Zyxel 660HW-61 router-admin maintenance -> WLAN only says TX -> no success
x - A couple of XPP new profiles and sequence restarts of units -> no success
x - Deativating only antimalware F-prot as a service, Windows Firewall -> nope
x - A couple of XPP new user profiles -> no success
x - Having a 20-min. coffee, while all hardware is hw-off, sequence restart
-> nope

I'm still thinking Registry...

Any further ideas?

//P

"Jack-MVP" wrote:

> Hi
> Wired LAN and Wireless LAN are using two different Network cards and have No
> direct relation hardware wise.
> Check the computer's Wireless Configuration,
> http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
> "A CP/M to XP/P-traveller" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in message news:08374A75-FF42-431F-8698-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've got a problem with my one and only XPP SP3-Thinkpad: It's not
> > connecting
> > or even detecting my WLAN-router, reset'ed to factory settings -- as in
> > wide-open and standard ESSID. Also tried ESSID HLLOWRL. No success.
> >
> > The odd thing is that ordinary TP cable-connections works without flaws
> > with
> > this specific 'Zyxel Prestige 660HW-61'-router and all other nearby WLANs,
> > are detected and accessible.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > DS PS
> > I might add my F-prot antivirus earlier False-Positived (dev.confirmed)
> > and
> > quarantined some RAS-files. Everything reset'ed by Ms RArepair.zip and
> > some
> > handy-work under RAS-branch in Registry. Before RA-repaired, I'd
> > experienced
> > the Thinkpads inability to create new RAS-connections.
> >
> > //P
>
>

Hi, see recent reply to Jack MVP-post

//P

"smlunatick" wrote:

> On May 13, 12:38 pm, A CP/M to XP/P-traveller
> <ACPMtoXPPtravel...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I've got a problem with my one and only XPP SP3-Thinkpad: It's not connecting
> > or even detecting my WLAN-router, reset'ed to factory settings -- as in
> > wide-open and standard ESSID. Also tried ESSID HLLOWRL. No success.
> >
> > The odd thing is that ordinary TP cable-connections works without flaws with
> > this specific 'Zyxel Prestige 660HW-61'-router and all other nearby WLANs,
> > are detected and accessible.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > DS PS
> > I might add my F-prot antivirus earlier False-Positived (dev.confirmed) and
> > quarantined some RAS-files. Everything reset'ed by Ms RArepair.zip and some
> > handy-work under RAS-branch in Registry. Before RA-repaired, I'd experienced
> > the Thinkpads inability to create new RAS-connections.
> >
> > //P
>
> Thibkpad is in the laptop category. Laptops have several possible
> cause to not let the wireless SSID to be seen. The most common are:
>
> 1) Wireless adapter "turned off" by a "physical button" on the
> laptop. Or turned off in the laptop's BIOS settings.
>
> 2) May require to use the wireless adapter manufacturer's own
> configuration management utility and not XP's Wireless Zero
> Configuration tool.
>
> Then, several anti-virus systems can also have a "hidden" firewall
> module that must be told to "trust" your wireless SSID.
>
> The last possible cause is that the router is not set up correct or
> compatible with the wireless adapter.
>

A CP/M to XP/P-traveller wrote:
> Hi, been there, done that. I'm thinking Registry by now...
>
> x - IBM Thinkpad Wireless on/off keyboard switch -> goes on/off, seems okay
> x - IBM Thinkpad Access Connections -> no success, only a few older nearby
> WLANs
> x - XPP Wireless Zero Configuration -> no success, all *nearby* WLANs are
> surfable
> x - Zyxel 660HW-61 hw-reset'ed with clip, confirmed in router-admin. via TP
> -> nope
> x - Zyxel 660HW-61 router-admin maintenance -> WLAN only says TX -> no success
> x - A couple of XPP new profiles and sequence restarts of units -> no success
> x - Deativating only antimalware F-prot as a service, Windows Firewall -> nope
> x - A couple of XPP new user profiles -> no success
> x - Having a 20-min. coffee, while all hardware is hw-off, sequence restart
> -> nope
>
> I'm still thinking Registry...
>
> Any further ideas?
>
> //P
>
> "Jack-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Wired LAN and Wireless LAN are using two different Network cards and have No
>> direct relation hardware wise.
>> Check the computer's Wireless Configuration,
>> http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
>> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>>
>> "A CP/M to XP/P-traveller" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote in message news:08374A75-FF42-431F-8698-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I've got a problem with my one and only XPP SP3-Thinkpad: It's not
>>> connecting
>>> or even detecting my WLAN-router, reset'ed to factory settings -- as in
>>> wide-open and standard ESSID. Also tried ESSID HLLOWRL. No success.
>>>
>>> The odd thing is that ordinary TP cable-connections works without flaws
>>> with
>>> this specific 'Zyxel Prestige 660HW-61'-router and all other nearby WLANs,
>>> are detected and accessible.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> DS PS
>>> I might add my F-prot antivirus earlier False-Positived (dev.confirmed)
>>> and
>>> quarantined some RAS-files. Everything reset'ed by Ms RArepair.zip and
>>> some
>>> handy-work under RAS-branch in Registry. Before RA-repaired, I'd
>>> experienced
>>> the Thinkpads inability to create new RAS-connections.
>>>
>>> //P
>>

It would help if you didn't write your posts as if you were paying by
the letter. As near as I can tell from what you've written, you *CAN*
access wireless networks, just not your own (XPP Wireless Zero
Configuration ... all *nearby* WLANs are surfable).

If that's a correct interpretation of your situation, then - given that
you say that you've reset the router to broadcast an SSID - the most
likely conclusion is that the router's radio is turned off or has failed.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Well, yes and no: Sad thing that neighbour's Thinkpads says a-okey.

//P -- 2 ol 2 bthr wit title

"Lem" wrote:

> A CP/M to XP/P-traveller wrote:
> > Hi, been there, done that. I'm thinking Registry by now...
> >
> > x - IBM Thinkpad Wireless on/off keyboard switch -> goes on/off, seems okay
> > x - IBM Thinkpad Access Connections -> no success, only a few older nearby
> > WLANs
> > x - XPP Wireless Zero Configuration -> no success, all *nearby* WLANs are
> > surfable
> > x - Zyxel 660HW-61 hw-reset'ed with clip, confirmed in router-admin. via TP
> > -> nope
> > x - Zyxel 660HW-61 router-admin maintenance -> WLAN only says TX -> no success
> > x - A couple of XPP new profiles and sequence restarts of units -> no success
> > x - Deativating only antimalware F-prot as a service, Windows Firewall -> nope
> > x - A couple of XPP new user profiles -> no success
> > x - Having a 20-min. coffee, while all hardware is hw-off, sequence restart
> > -> nope
> >
> > I'm still thinking Registry...
> >
> > Any further ideas?
> >
> > //P
> >
> > "Jack-MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >> Wired LAN and Wireless LAN are using two different Network cards and have No
> >> direct relation hardware wise.
> >> Check the computer's Wireless Configuration,
> >> http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
> >> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
> >>
> >> "A CP/M to XP/P-traveller" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> >> wrote in message news:08374A75-FF42-431F-8698-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>> I've got a problem with my one and only XPP SP3-Thinkpad: It's not
> >>> connecting
> >>> or even detecting my WLAN-router, reset'ed to factory settings -- as in
> >>> wide-open and standard ESSID. Also tried ESSID HLLOWRL. No success.
> >>>
> >>> The odd thing is that ordinary TP cable-connections works without flaws
> >>> with
> >>> this specific 'Zyxel Prestige 660HW-61'-router and all other nearby WLANs,
> >>> are detected and accessible.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> DS PS
> >>> I might add my F-prot antivirus earlier False-Positived (dev.confirmed)
> >>> and
> >>> quarantined some RAS-files. Everything reset'ed by Ms RArepair.zip and
> >>> some
> >>> handy-work under RAS-branch in Registry. Before RA-repaired, I'd
> >>> experienced
> >>> the Thinkpads inability to create new RAS-connections.
> >>>
> >>> //P
> >>
>
> It would help if you didn't write your posts as if you were paying by
> the letter. As near as I can tell from what you've written, you *CAN*
> access wireless networks, just not your own (XPP Wireless Zero
> Configuration ... all *nearby* WLANs are surfable).
>
> If that's a correct interpretation of your situation, then - given that
> you say that you've reset the router to broadcast an SSID - the most
> likely conclusion is that the router's radio is turned off or has failed.
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
>

A follow-up: I found an identical Thinkpad, with an identical setup and
identical software installations; added the WLAN and went on the Internet;
restarted this latter Thinkpad; took a backup of certain parts of the
registry on the latter Thinkpad; imported the backup onto the troubled
Thinkpad; restared the troubled Thinkpad and there you have it, a troubled
Thinkpad now working without a flaw...

So, it's a registry issue and the only advice I get -- universally -- is
reinstall Windows. The best bet is to have a reference system available.
Backup's are not an option.

/P

"A CP/M to XP/P-traveller" wrote:

> Well, yes and no: Sad thing that neighbour's Thinkpads says a-okey.
>
> //P -- 2 ol 2 bthr wit title
>
> "Lem" wrote:
>
> > A CP/M to XP/P-traveller wrote:
> > > Hi, been there, done that. I'm thinking Registry by now...
> > >
> > > x - IBM Thinkpad Wireless on/off keyboard switch -> goes on/off, seems okay
> > > x - IBM Thinkpad Access Connections -> no success, only a few older nearby
> > > WLANs
> > > x - XPP Wireless Zero Configuration -> no success, all *nearby* WLANs are
> > > surfable
> > > x - Zyxel 660HW-61 hw-reset'ed with clip, confirmed in router-admin. via TP
> > > -> nope
> > > x - Zyxel 660HW-61 router-admin maintenance -> WLAN only says TX -> no success
> > > x - A couple of XPP new profiles and sequence restarts of units -> no success
> > > x - Deativating only antimalware F-prot as a service, Windows Firewall -> nope
> > > x - A couple of XPP new user profiles -> no success
> > > x - Having a 20-min. coffee, while all hardware is hw-off, sequence restart
> > > -> nope
> > >
> > > I'm still thinking Registry...
> > >
> > > Any further ideas?
> > >
> > > //P
> > >
> > > "Jack-MVP" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi
> > >> Wired LAN and Wireless LAN are using two different Network cards and have No
> > >> direct relation hardware wise.
> > >> Check the computer's Wireless Configuration,
> > >> http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
> > >> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
> > >>
> > >> "A CP/M to XP/P-traveller" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> > >> wrote in message news:08374A75-FF42-431F-8698-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >>> I've got a problem with my one and only XPP SP3-Thinkpad: It's not
> > >>> connecting
> > >>> or even detecting my WLAN-router, reset'ed to factory settings -- as in
> > >>> wide-open and standard ESSID. Also tried ESSID HLLOWRL. No success.
> > >>>
> > >>> The odd thing is that ordinary TP cable-connections works without flaws
> > >>> with
> > >>> this specific 'Zyxel Prestige 660HW-61'-router and all other nearby WLANs,
> > >>> are detected and accessible.
> > >>>
> > >>> Any ideas?
> > >>>
> > >>> DS PS
> > >>> I might add my F-prot antivirus earlier False-Positived (dev.confirmed)
> > >>> and
> > >>> quarantined some RAS-files. Everything reset'ed by Ms RArepair.zip and
> > >>> some
> > >>> handy-work under RAS-branch in Registry. Before RA-repaired, I'd
> > >>> experienced
> > >>> the Thinkpads inability to create new RAS-connections.
> > >>>
> > >>> //P
> > >>
> >
> > It would help if you didn't write your posts as if you were paying by
> > the letter. As near as I can tell from what you've written, you *CAN*
> > access wireless networks, just not your own (XPP Wireless Zero
> > Configuration ... all *nearby* WLANs are surfable).
> >
> > If that's a correct interpretation of your situation, then - given that
> > you say that you've reset the router to broadcast an SSID - the most
> > likely conclusion is that the router's radio is turned off or has failed.
> >
> > --
> > Lem -- MS-MVP
> >
> > To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> > http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
> >