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From: Edward Diener on 18 Dec 2009 16:34
I am trying to connect my laptop via a wireless connection to my D-Link
DIR-655 router. The router supports the 802.11n, 802.11g, and 802.11b
standards.

The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300D which as an Integrated
Atheros 802.11b/g wireless LAN.

I am running Windows XP on my laptop.

Under Windows XP on my laptop it finds my wireless network by its name
of, let's say, 'MyWirelessNet' and I click on the entry and then on the
Connect button. It prompts me for my network key and I type in, let's
say, 'Y2YT5689OPEE' which is the key for my router using WPA or WPA2. I
then type this in again in the Confirm area also. I press the OK button.

It then attempts to connect, taking a very long time to do so with a
message box and a message "Please wait while Windows connects to the
'MyWirelessNet' network" and another message below it which says
"Waiting for the network...". Finally the Wireless Network Connection
message box closes but I can see the connection has not been made. No
error message shows anything, which is really surprising, and I am not
getting a message which might say that it failed to connect.

I would have thought that Windows XP would have given me some indication
of why it is not connecting to my router, but I see absolutely nothing.

Ideas, thoughts, solutions, experiences, or things I might try to get my
laptop to connect wirelessly to the DIR-655 are most welcome. Especially
if anybody knows how I can determine in Windows XP why the connection is
failing.

If I run a wired network cable from my laptop to the DIR-655 everything
is successful. But naturally I want to connect wirelessly so I can move
my laptop around. Isn't that what laptops are all about ?

I have also successful connecting my laptop wirelessly to other wireless
router networks. But not to my DIR-655 router.
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