USB Wifi will not connect on Windows 7 (Even though the driver installs OK)
- by Pete Roberts
Windows 7 will not connect to a WiFi Netowrk using a USB Network Adapter.
I have 3 adapters, A Senoa SUB 364 (EXT), a Repeatit SU2410 USB V2 and a ZYXEL G202. All of these devices install OK on Windows 7 Home Premium on my Destop PC (64 bit) and on my Asus Wii Netbook (32 bit).
In each case the adapter can be enabled/disabled and the driver properties says it is working correctly. When I try and connect to a network Windows 7 behaves as though the adapter does not exist and reports no networks.
The Wii has an integrated adapter which works perfectly under Windows and connects to either of the 3 networks available to me.
I have done all the checks I can on the configuration. What seems odd to me is that it happens to all 3 devices on 2 different windows 7 PCs both of which are working perfectly in any other respect.
This suggests the common denominator is me and I must be doing something wrong.. what's also strange is that I cannot find any similar problems being reported on any of the forums.
From what reading I've been able to do it seems like the new wifi virtualisation thingy in W7 is not recognising the adapters which suggests I', missing a configuration option somewhere.
Looking forward to finding out if I'm not alone or just being stupid.
Pete
