Hi all,

Hoping someone could give me some pointers here. I have several issues. I just acquired a laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium. At first, the wireless network card couldn't find my own home wireless network but then I realised it was because it was hidden. Then I changed the modem's security setting so that it now broadcast the network name. My laptop could find it but was unable to connect after typing in the paraphrase key.

I realised that I had set it so that "New Stations are allowed via Registration". I changed this to "New Stations are allowed automatically" and it worked. The modem is Thomson TG585v7 (one you'd get from Telecom). When I changed this setting back to "allowed via Registration" the laptop immediately lost connection. I don't understand why. Theoretically it is no longer a "new station" right? Ok well this is the first problem.

I thought I'd leave the setting as "allow automatically" because the network should still be safe due to the paraphrase key. I also hid the network again. Now my second problem is that every time I shut down the laptop and/or restarted it, it couldn't find the network again. I would have to make the network visible again before it could find it. It should be able to connect to it automatically. What do I need to do?

Other laptops in the household can re-connect to the network just fine (while the network is hidden) after shutting down and starting up etc (one running Vista, the other 7 Home Premium like mine).

Thanks in advance!