OK I think we have a problem We got connected to Fibre last week - and all was good until we tried to connect my partner's laptop to the Telcom provided router (V5542) He has an older NEC Versa which we upgraded a number of years ago from Vista to win7
The default setup for the WIFI security is WPA/WPA2 auto - this works fine for my slightly newer HP laptop - but he can't even see the router from the NEC. From research it appears that their WIFI cards won't even recognise WPA2 security - and there is no way to update the driver because NEC doesn't support win7 for that particular laptop.
So I connected to the router and tried to change it to one of the other options - WEP or WPA but neither will connect from my laptop because "WEP and WPA" security is not supported by 802.11n standard. So if we are both on wifi the only option I have left is no security on the router - obviously not a long term solution.
The only thing I can think is to buy some cable and connect my laptop by cable to the router (they are in the same room) and then reset the WIFI to WEP or WPA - though I'm not sure hte iPad mini will be happy then? Any other ideas?
I doubt many people realise that laptops no more than a few years old may not be compatible with telecoms current routers.