Why will my PC not connect to the Wireless network?
I recently upgraded to the airport extreme and my PC which has a wireless card will detect the network but when i click "connect" i get an error stating "windows is unable to connect to the selected network. the network may no longer be in range. please refresh the list of available networks, and try to connect again." I have not changed any settings and it worked with my old Linksys wireless and on my Apple laptop it worked as soon as i put the password in. Someone has a secure network that will prompt me for the password so i know it is not my PC or the airport, seems they will not talk to each other.
please if u have had this problem give me step by step help, i have read many topics and have not been able to get it to work at all.
thanks
Try resetting you network settings on your iPad. Go to Settings, General, Reset, Reset Network settings and see if that clears it.
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