Ethernet works fine, Not Wireless

Hi, this my first time posting and I really would refrain from bothering people if I could, but I've been having this issue with my wireless for the last month so I thought perhaps someone could help.

The OS is a Windows XP home.

I go into IPCONFIG/ALL and it tells me that my wireless is disconnected



I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers.
I've tried going into the router (it's a NETGEAR MR814) IP, and I've added it to the list of devices that can connect to it, but it's not working. It just... won't work. It's not that there's a security lock on my router because I've disabled it and it still wouldn't work.

So now I'm completely befuddled, and disheartened, and on the verge of just taking apart my machine were it not for the ethernet connection. Can someone please help?

~nkiseki

 

First try going into network property and see if you can see it.
If you see something like "Local Area connection 2" with wireless network card, right click on the icon and view available network/connection.
If you see your wireless router setting, highlight and click "Connect".

 

Yeah... I tried that too... It says 'no wireless networks were found in range' and the most ironic thing is that I'm set up right next to the router >< Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

May be this can Help.

In General, you can debug the Network Setting of the computer following these steps.

Step One. Check the Network parameters in the Computer's Device Manager. Make sure that the drivers are installed correctly; there is No IRQ conflict, and No Ghost installation. http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ghost

Step Two Verify Basic network setting in the OS: http://www.ezlan.net/Installing#verify
If the above two Steps indicates that every thing looks good but functionally it does not work.

Step Three. Check (and repair if necessary) the Socket Layers, Winsock, and or refresh the TCP/IP Stack. http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet

If need to Reinstall; Log to this page it have a lot of links to instructions for Windows Network Installation - http://www.ezlan.net/Installing.html

Wireless

http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html

Wireless - Basic Configuration.

Wireless Security.

 

Hmmm,
this might sound too basic, but did you consider the fact that your PC's wireless controller is defective?
I see that it is "dell 1370", did you recently purchase this?

Here is a link I found for a upgraded driver :
http://support.dell.com/support/dow...2&vercnt=20&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=152055

 

Is the broadcast turned off? I know you added your computer to the list within the router but still that may be why you can't see it.