Ok, so I've got a Billion BiPac 3011N Wireless-N usb adapter for my PC. I've used it before about a year ago and it was working fine then. But after not using it for a year, I plugged it into my PC, installed the updated drivers, and nothing happened. The Realtek 11n USB wireless lan utility program (came with the driver) does not seem to find the wireless network, something that my laptop picks up easily. I have even tried moving my PC closer to the router, but it still picks up nothing. The utility programme just says 'disconnected'.
I have tried everything I can think of, but nothing seems to work. Please help.
Also, I don't have a Billion router.
Wireless N adapter not picking up network
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billion_fan
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Re: Wireless N adapter not picking up network
Have you tried to use the USB N adapter in a different USB port?? Or a different PC??
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Chris Booth
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Re: Wireless N adapter not picking up network
I've already tried both of those... still not working...
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billion_fan
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The device comes with two year warranty, when did you purchase it??Chris Booth wrote:Ok, so I've got a Billion BiPac 3011N Wireless-N usb adapter for my PC. I've used it before about a year ago and it was working fine then. But after not using it for a year, I plugged it into my PC, installed the updated drivers, and nothing happened. The Realtek 11n USB wireless lan utility program (came with the driver) does not seem to find the wireless network, something that my laptop picks up easily. I have even tried moving my PC closer to the router, but it still picks up nothing. The utility programme just says 'disconnected'.
I have tried everything I can think of, but nothing seems to work. Please help.
Also, I don't have a Billion router.
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Chris Booth
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Re: Wireless N adapter not picking up network
About a year ago. But I still think that it's working because the light still flashes. My issue is that I want to know if there are any settings that I need to change, etc as the manual does not give much information.
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billion_fan
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There should no setting that need to adjusted for your PC to pick up the dongle.Chris Booth wrote:About a year ago. But I still think that it's working because the light still flashes. My issue is that I want to know if there are any settings that I need to change, etc as the manual does not give much information.
Have you checked under 'Device Manager' on your PC to see if the dongle is recognized?
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Chris Booth
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Well my PC has picked up the dongle, it's just not seeing the network which my laptop sees easily.
The device is shown on Device Manager to be under 'Network Adapters'.
The device is shown on Device Manager to be under 'Network Adapters'.
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billion_fan
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Can the dongle see any wireless networks eg neighbours wireless network??Chris Booth wrote:Well my PC has picked up the dongle, it's just not seeing the network which my laptop sees easily.
The device is shown on Device Manager to be under 'Network Adapters'.
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Chris Booth
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Re: Wireless N adapter not picking up network
No, it sees nothing. Although I can only read the one network from my laptop anyway.
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billion_fan
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It does seems like there is a issue with your dongle, as it cannot see your wireless network.Chris Booth wrote:No, it sees nothing. Although I can only read the one network from my laptop anyway.
Did you try and uninstall the driver and reinstall the driver? Also what version version of windows are you using??