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Astoria

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    Win 7 cant connect to wireless router Linksys WRT160Nv2
    « on: November 06, 2009, 10:52:53 AM »
    This week I upgraded my desktop from Vista to 7.
    My wireless always worked flawless with Vista, but 7 is giving me problems.

    It sees the various networks in the neighborhood, and when I select mine, I need to enter my passphrase.
    When I enter it it says that its not correct.

    On my Vista laptop I enter the same passphrase, and it works fine. Same as with my desktop when I had Vista on it.

    Does anyone know what this can be??? Help will be very much appreciated  :)



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    Re: Win 7 cant connect to wireless router Linksys WRT160Nv2
    « Reply #1 on: November 06, 2009, 12:40:44 PM »
    Do you have a key for the encryption that you need to enter?
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      « Reply #2 on: November 07, 2009, 03:44:51 AM »
      Do you have a key for the encryption that you need to enter?

      Is what you mean the same as the passphrase?



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      Re: Win 7 cant connect to wireless router Linksys WRT160Nv2
      « Reply #3 on: November 08, 2009, 08:15:26 AM »
      Yes, by key I mean passphrase.
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        Re: Win 7 cant connect to wireless router Linksys WRT160Nv2
        « Reply #4 on: November 08, 2009, 09:19:50 AM »
        Yes I do have the passphrase. It's my router, and I use the same passphrase for my Vista laptop.



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        Re: Win 7 cant connect to wireless router Linksys WRT160Nv2
        « Reply #5 on: November 08, 2009, 09:30:43 AM »
        Perhaps you forgot to setup the passphrase on the Desktop machine...
        It's not going to automatically see it just because it's on the laptop...
        This is by design.
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          Re: Win 7 cant connect to wireless router Linksys WRT160Nv2
          « Reply #6 on: November 08, 2009, 09:35:21 AM »
          Uhmmm no I didnt forget to set it up.

          When I select my wireless network on the desktop, it asks me for the passphrase.
          I than enter the passphrase (the one I created when I set up the router) and than I get a message saying that the passphrase is incorrect. However, when I connect to my network with the Vista laptop, I enter the exact same passphrase, and it connects.

          Remember, it connected fine to the wireless when I had Vista on the desktop. It changed after I upgraded to Windows 7.



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          Re: Win 7 cant connect to wireless router Linksys WRT160Nv2
          « Reply #7 on: November 08, 2009, 09:39:41 AM »
          Ummmm since you changed OS's it needs to be setup again ...from the beginning.
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            Re: Win 7 cant connect to wireless router Linksys WRT160Nv2
            « Reply #8 on: November 08, 2009, 10:05:18 AM »
            What needs to be set up again? The router or the desktop?



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            Re: Win 7 cant connect to wireless router Linksys WRT160Nv2
            « Reply #9 on: November 08, 2009, 01:47:48 PM »
            Your connection...
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