UPC wifi dongle doesn't work

suppafly

I have one of the UPC wifi dongle and I can't seem to get it to work. My computer is win 7 x64. I know the dongle does actually work as I've tried it on a number of others computers including one with win 7 x64 on it also. When you plug it in it seems to recognise it and it shows up in the device manager without any error signs on it. But in the network sharing screen it is listed as diabled and when you right click and enable it, it goes through the motions and then says its enabled but its not. I dunno whats going on with it. I rang up UPC tech support and they didn't have clue and suggested I ring some €1 a min premium number to get the issue fixed. Has anyone else experienced this issue or know a fix for it. Below are 2 screenshots of the device manager and network sharing screen

dub45

suppafly wrote: »

I have one of the UPC wifi dongle and I can't seem to get it to work. My computer is win 7 x64. I know the dongle does actually work as I've tried it on a number of others computers including one with win 7 x64 on it also. When you plug it in it seems to recognise it and it shows up in the device manager without any error signs on it. But in the network sharing screen it is listed as diabled and when you right click and enable it, it goes through the motions and then says its enabled but its not. I dunno whats going on with it. I rang up UPC tech support and they didn't have clue and suggested I ring some €1 a min premium number to get the issue fixed. Has anyone else experienced this issue or know a fix for it. Below are 2 screenshots of the device manager and network sharing screen

Ah the good old premium number again!:rolleyes:

Try uninstialling the usb completely and do a fresh install. Check if there are any more up to date drivers for it.

Trevor451

I had this problem also. The device would not work under the built in microsoft drivers. All I did was check for updated drivers and it worked perfectly after that

suppafly

Trevor451 wrote: »

I had this problem also. The device would not work under the built in microsoft drivers. All I did was check for updated drivers and it worked perfectly after that

where did you find the updated drivers for it. I tried looking on the altantic scientific website but coudn't find any. Do you have a link for the site you went to?

suppafly

Anyone find any? Had a look there but most of the places you seem to have to pay to use the system to get the driver or the driver is really old

yoyo

http://www.x-drivers.com/catalog/drivers/wireless_networks/companies/ralink/models/rt73/7582.html

Give this a go

Nick