Hi, I've purchased a new Lenovo laptop with Windows 7 pre installed in it. An unsecured wifi network around my vicinity. When I click Connect, it gives an error.
Since Laptop is new, so I think all the drivers are up to date.
Plz Plz Help
Thanks
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One thing needs to be clarified. Is this your network, or do you have permission to connect to it?
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dietcokefiend DietGreenTeaFiend
That is a pretty generic Windows network error. I tend to get it when I connect to neighbors networks that are *just* out of reach. Basically when Windows doesn't get an IP address served to it, it throws that error and doesn't connect to the network.
This isn't a hardware or software problem, it just means the network you are trying to connect to won't let you connect. Besides being possibly out of range, you would get that exact error if the operator of that network used a MAC address whitelist. If you weren't predefined on that list your machine will never be able to connect regardless of being secured/unsecured. -
But my friend is able to connect to that effortlessly and he is using Se7en
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I would ask the owner of the network to help you out with it.
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Unsecured doesn't mean it's fully unprotected ... it's just not encrypted
It can be mac address locked, it can have dhcp disabled and ip ranges locked/changed, can be honeypot ...
If know how .. then you can connect to it less then a minute just like all wep encrypted ones.
But likely you are just out of range to be able connect .. -
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honeypots are fun to run, lets you easily ID the local idiots.
Unable to connect to an unsecured wifi network | Plz Help
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by troubleshooter27, Jul 11, 2010.