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Cannot connect laptop to upc

tradaine · 2014-02-25 09:51:27

Hi I recently moved into a houseshare and cannot connect my laptop to the upc connection. My phone connects perfectly along with my housemates devices but my laptop comes back woth the error saying "Wireless auhentication failed because of a timeout". I have a toshiba laptop and I am on windows vista. I have never had…

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25-02-2014 10:51am

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tradaine

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Hi I recently moved into a houseshare and cannot connect my laptop to the upc connection. My phone connects perfectly along with my housemates devices but my laptop comes back woth the error saying "Wireless auhentication failed because of a timeout". I have a toshiba laptop and I am on windows vista. I have never had problems connecting to wifi before. Please help!

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#2 26-02-2014 4:03am
dub45

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Could you try removing security briefly and see if it connects?

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#3 26-02-2014 5:50pm
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1. Check for all Services Packs and Windows updates over a network cable
2. Manually update the network card driver. If 1 doesnt work chances are you have one of the Atheros cards with a bugged driver from factory. AR5XXX model numbers.

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#4 09-03-2014 12:56pm
Diggerdunne

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try turning off dhcp on the laptop and give it a static ip...

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