topic Re: FE41Z + Wireless Adaptor won't Autoscan in PCs & Accessories

FE41Z + Wireless Adaptor won't Autoscan

rds290176 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:12:02 GMT

Hi,

I continue to have a problem with my wireless lan. At present i have had to manually configure the wireless adapter through Device Manager and set it to Channel 1.

Before upgrading to Vista from XP my wireless router was always set for autoscan and my old laptop would connect regardless of the channel the router was broadcasting from. Now I have manually set everything to one channel.

On my old XP laptop, because autoscan functions ok i can pick up 7 wireless networks on various channels. However, on the FE41Z on Vista I can only see 2 wireless networks. These two are both transmitting on channel 1.

At present i cannot connect to any wireless networks without already knowing what channel they are broadcasting. A bit difficult when you're trying to connect to a public network.

Does anyone know how to set the wireless adapter to Autoscan?

Thanks for anyone who even reads this.

Rich

Re: FE41Z + Wireless Adaptor won't Autoscan

Blencogo — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:36:38 GMT

Hi Rich,

Sorry to hear about your continuing problem.

Have you tried using the latest Intel Wireless LAN Drivers for Vista Home Premium?

You can download them from HERE AT INTEL

This does seem to have solved connection problems with Vista for many people.

Re: FE41Z + Wireless Adaptor won't Autoscan

rds290176 — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:42:55 GMT

Thanks I'll give it a try.

Re: FE41Z + Wireless Adaptor won't Autoscan

kee-lo_ — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:41:20 GMT

Channel 7 is a good channel, works very well when you have neighbours running wifi equipment all around you.