wireless internet with vista

[chris-gti]

i have wireless in my house and want to conect my pc which has vista upto it but when i put a wireless reciver in the back of my pc and load the software nothing happens and the pc dosnt recognise ( < bad spelling ) the part.......

any help would be amazing.....

[Kud]

check with the manufacturer of the wireless receiver whether it's compatible with vista, also is it the software the computer doesn't recognise or the actual receiver after installing the software?

[chris-gti]

the one i had said vista compatable and the man down novatech said it would fit but it is after i load the software which gose on fine that nothing happens?????

any ideas

[WelshXSiMagic]

I had tha problem if you havent sorted it by now yo have to connect your pc directly into your router with a ethernet cable (mine was red) then you have to type in something like 192.20.1.1 (they aint the correct numbers maybe someone else nows them?) it was a right pain in the arse when i done it cos i had to take my whole pc downstairs to my router. anyway when you plug that red cable in and go on tha 192.?.?.? then you have to save the settings to wireless enable it, hope this helps to some extent?

[Woody]

What is the manufacturer of wireless card?

USB or PCI?

Manufacturer of router?

Have you installed the drivers for the card?

[Smiff]

^^What he said

[italianstallionluca]

numbers were 192.168.2.1 to get onto the setup menu, just punch that into the URL on ur web browser.

if its a vista compatible part then try using the wireless utility that windows provides. on the software you installed should be a checkbox or something that says use windows to configure my wireless connections. make sure wireless is enabled on the router first though.

[rich106quiksilver]

Novatech are usually pretty helpful, got my computer from there :)

[pugsport]

wireless router addy is 1 of 2

1: - http:/192.168.0.1
2: - http:/192.168.1.1

but then again vista is really not that good anyway

[Peter.H]

the trouble I had with vista and wireless was that it wouldnt automatically find the network. I got round this by manually searching for it and then connecting to it.