Can't connect to a wireless network in Windows 2000

[J S B]

I cannot get a wireless network connected in Windows 2000 Pro.

I have set up a home wireless network with a Netgear router and two
computers, one Windows XP and the second a MACBook, both of which network
connect OK. A third machine, an IBM Thinkpad running Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)
is a problem.

It has a Sweex PC card, which detects my network, but will not connect. It
just says "waiting for peer...".

One thing that concerns me is when I open "Network connections and Dial Up
connnections" and right click the LAN icon labelled for the Wireless card.
The menu shows no items for "View available wireless networks", "status" or
"repair".

In Windows XP, "Properties" gives access to the network password setting,
but I do not get this access in Windows 2000 and so I cannot set the network
password.
(The network icon is labelled "Local area connection" , but shows "802.11g/b
Wireless LAN Client Adapter" when the mouse hovers).

Could someone give me advice on this problem?

 

[Steve]

I cannot get a wireless network connected in Windows 2000 Pro.

It has a Sweex PC card, which detects my network, but will not connect. It
just says "waiting for peer...".

I'm not familiar with that particular hardware, but it sounds like it
has somehow gotten set up in "peer to peer" mode. WiFi can be set up
in either of two ways - the more common, which you are trying to do,
uses a central access point / router that each workstation connects
to. In the peer-to-peer mode (also known as "ad-hoc" mode), you
connect directly to another workstation. When you right click the icon
for the wireless card and select Properties, you should be able to
find something that is currently set for ad-hoc mode, and change that
back.

Steve Hendrix