Trouble connecting Vista to home network

[clkm88]

I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before, but I have tried the
methods mentioned already and I still can't figure out why...

I'm just got a new toshiba laptop with windows vista and I want to
connect to my home network - I have a D-Link router. I have no
trouble at all connecting to my university network or to my
neighbour's unsecured one, but my home one is secure and even though
my laptop detects it, it won't let me connect!

I have an older laptop with windows XP and that one connected fine
when I did the setup wireless thing a few years ago... I was
expecting some sort of password box to pop up when I tried to connect
to my secured home network on my vista laptop, but the only message
that I receive is "windows cannot connect to this network" whereas for
window XP I actually get this password box where I can type my
password in.

Any ideas? Thanks. (I'll admit I'm rather computer-retarded, so I
hope you'll forgive me if I don't quite get some stuff...)

 

[Robert L \(MS-MVP\)]

I would check the firewall first. Or this troubleshooting may help,

Vista issuesTroubleshooting Vista Network Issues. Vista Troubleshooting
Collections ... Step by step troubleshooting . ... Troubleshooting Vista
Wireless Issues ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistanetissues.htm


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How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[Guest]

Maybe you've got this figured out already, but I thought I'd offer my
experience.

Generally, when I try to connect to a secure wireless network, I go ahead
and manually create a connection (Network and Sharing Center > Set Up a
Connection or Network > Manually Connect to a Wireless Network).

You have to have the SSID of your network (the network name) and the
encryption key or creation phrase, which I assume you have.

I've done this for all of the secure networks I use, and it's worked.

Don't ask me why super-spiffy Vista isn't capable of user-friendly
networking. I mean, if Mac can do it...