On 4 Apr 2008 at 16:03, scott wrote:

> I just installed a netgear wirelles card in my office computer but it
> cant find any networks i have a wireless network setup in the house my
> office is in the garage about 50 ft away but my laptop connects to the
> network fine oh the netgear card is a 54 mb 

  First of all, it would be helpful to habe the exact model numbers of your 
various pieces of wireless equipment.

  There are two major standards for 54 Mbps wireless operation -- 802.11a in 
the 5 GHz band and 802.11g in the 2.4 GHz band.  Even though they use the 
same *maximum* bit rate, they won't talk to each other...

  Within the 802.11g market, there are a variety of extensions, all 
promising better range or speed, or both.  Most will only deliver on those 
promises if the same feature from the same manufacturer is present on at 
least two of the connecting pieces....

  There is a nice piece of freeware out there called NetStumbler, which can 
show information about other nearby wireless devices.  It won't actually go 
sofar as to listen in on their conversations, but it tells me that about 15 
of my close neighbors have their own wireless networks -- sometimes that 
explains why I have trouble connecting.

  It's not clear from your message how your existing "wireless network 
setup" is configured, and even whether it is working for other devices.  It 
is possible that you've made configuration choices there that are preventing 
the office computer from connecting successfully.

David Gillett

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