wireless manager finds lots of networks but NOT mine?!

inkieinks · 04-09-2012, 01:26 PM

I have just installed puppy linux on an old pc.
I have have tried connecting to the internet using a belkin wireless dongle.... when it scans for available networks it shows a 5 or 6 but none of them are mine.

The belkin dongle connected the pc to my network when I was using windows xp but now puppy linux just wont pick my wifi network up.

Can anybody help please????

273 · 04-09-2012, 01:34 PM

Have you tried moving the adaptor around a little? I know it sounds silly but I found my Belkin wirless dongle didn't see my router until I moved it around a bit. Could also be worth restarting the router which seems to work sometimes for apparently no reason.
Also, I take it that you've not turned off SSID broadcast?

inkieinks · 04-09-2012, 01:39 PM

I have tried moving it around, and I rebooted my pc and tried it through windows xp and the windows wireless manager found it without any problems.

I dont understand why it is picking up other peoples networks but not mine when using puppy but windows picked them all up.

I have tried rebooting the router and that hasnt helped either?!

yooy · 04-09-2012, 02:14 PM

try changing ssid on your router..

inkieinks · 04-09-2012, 02:16 PM

I have tried that but it still wont show up

yooy · 04-09-2012, 02:25 PM

seems like it is linked to routers mac address. a lot of people have same problem.

inkieinks · 04-09-2012, 02:33 PM

Is there anything I can do??

273 · 04-09-2012, 02:36 PM

Are you sure it's broadcasting the SSID? Also, you could try changing the mode from g to b or mixed to g, or whatever.

inkieinks · 04-09-2012, 02:43 PM

Yeah the SSID is broadcasting

I have just rebooted my pc and had it start up with win xp, again the wireless manager found my network and I connected....I then restarted the pc with puppy linux and scanned for networks and it picked up 2 networks, neither of which are ours

273 · 04-09-2012, 02:49 PM

Yes, XP will see it but that doesn't mean it's still broadcasting its SSID -- once XP has associated with it it will find it when SSID broadcast is off (or there would be no poi t in the setting if nothing could connect). It's unlikely that it will have been turned off unless you did it, but I thought it worth mentioning. You could also try turning off any encryption or MAC filtering to troubleshoot.

inkieinks · 04-09-2012, 02:52 PM

I have just checked and the SSID is broadcasting, I have also turned off the MC filtering and it still wont see my network