Acer Aspire 1804 wireless prob?

Hi, New to Acer and this forum.

I have recently purchased the above laptop,( Desktop replacement in my case ).
The 1804 was in Mint condition, the fans were totally dust free. It's the coldest running laptop I have ever come across. I only use it for web surfing so it is ideal.
The seller had installed an unauthenticated Win7 on it so I replaced it with XP Home , as that is what the COA shows on the underside. After downloading the appropriate drivers and installing them I found that the wireless would show all available networks in my area,( actually way more than my two other wireless comps find ) it also connects to my ISP but will NOT accept my authentication detail.
I then installed Vista , again DL the drivers and came up with exactly the same prob, can see all available networks but cannot get the authentication accepted.
I have in the past found that if the network can be seen but I couldn't log on then it meant I had not entered the correct details, however in this case I have verified that I am using the correct login detail.
To summarise, two comps connect to the wireless one comp with two OS's won't.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

Remove the security altogether and check if it connects when the network is unsecure.
Also make sure that you are using the most recent drivers- not the most recent drivers from Acer.
What's the Wi-Fi card?

 

Hi, Thankyou for your reply.
Update: I spent one hour today with my ISP trying all sorts of things, they came to the conclusion that it is a driver problem.
I also hooked up a USB wireless adapter which works faultlessly. I log on at about 14 mps and the adapter was showing 11+ mps throughput , so nothing wrong there.
The card details as per Everest are: InproComm Wireless-g notebook adapter v 4.0... Dev ID 17FE.2220....Sub System 1468-0305.
Re drivers, I have been DL drivers, in fact so many I am getting lost in them.
One message I am getting is : the required line was not found in the INF.
Re logging on sans security, it won't.
cheers, Eddie.

 

This card is ancient to say the least- try this & this.

Did it ever work with Vista. It doesn't seem to be officially supported.
Also with some older driver versions it doesn’t support WPA so it won't connect unless you use WEP.


Moving the thread to networking.

 

Thankyou VERY much, Sir, your blood should be bottled. The second driver worked ! I am only using Xp Home at the moment to write this but will try Vista once I have got over the novelty .
May I ask another question please. Re this ancient card, can I replace it with something more modern?

Just tried with Vista, no go! Mind you I don't mind using XP.

 

You should be able to replace it. In most cases Wi-Fi was connected by mini-PCI
(the one on the left).
If you open the service hatch and see a card like this you can just buy another one and install it- no problems at all.

 

OK! many thanks for your help.