Laptop connects to BT wireless, but no to anything else...?

[pikey]

Hello,

I have someone at my house who has BT Wireless Hub at home and has installed all the BT wireless hub stuff on his laptop.

He's round at mine and wants to use my secure WiFi. No problem... except we can't figure out how to get the frikkin WEP key in.

This BT software has overridden the Windows stuff, so all bets are off there. Normally when the manufacturer overwrites in this way, you have an applet somewhere that gives you some sort of "scan" and then "connect" and then an area to enter the key.

This thing has a radar-style screen which consists of a PC in the middle with concentric rings round the outside with the viewable networks wizzing round. In that network wizzing round I can see mine and clicking on it tells me the name, MAC, speed and channel.

Great! Now how the flippin heck do I connect to it?

Clicking, double clicking or right clicking does nothing. Other options on that applet are minimise and mode, that changes to bluetooth and back to wifi.

I'm sure if you have this BT thing you may know the answer straight away.. in which case please do tell me.

Thanks

Ben

[ThePassenger]

Start > Control Panel > Wireless Networks. Tick the box that says "Windows will manage the network".

Kiss the POS software bye bye.

Make the BT HomeHub connection as required in the Windows interface (it does WPA-PSK, WEP).
Go hunt for other people

[pikey]

Although this is the most tempting option, I don't want to do this as the chap who owns it is not PC literate and will have a whole heap of trouble when he gets home and wants it to "just work" with his BT hub thing.

[pikey]

I found a PDF and have the answer. Apparently I need an applet called BT Wireless Connection Manager... which doesn't load on this installation.

I forgot just how much I hate everything with a BT logo on it...

[ThePassenger]

pikey said:

I found a PDF and have the answer. Apparently I need an applet called BT Wireless Connection Manager... which doesn't load on this installation.

I forgot just how much I hate everything with a BT logo on it...

This is why none of the machines I've had have run the BT software and none of the ones here are running the NTL/Virgin software...

[pikey]

Of course to fix we need the BT software, that's not on the website...

When I'm at this chap's house next I'll put it back to normal and remove all of this tosh.