sinister666 Posted July 23, 2009 CID Share Posted July 23, 2009 i have an issue. my mother has a sierra wireless hdpa usb modem, it wont connect to the internet on her computer, tried un installing and re installing, still nothing. i plugged the wireless modem into my computer and installed all the neccessary software, 3g watcher and stuff, and it works fine on my computer....i really cant figure this out. could it possibly be a virus on her computer thats blocking her from connecting? ive been at this all day, and am getting aggrivated. if anyone has any ideas, i would really like to hear them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister666 Posted July 23, 2009 Author CID Share Posted July 23, 2009 oh this makes me sad...ive been looking all over for an answer...cant seem to find any helpful info...so i am waiting patiently to see if hopefully someone here has any ideas...i even called the wireless internet service provider, no help there...stupid centennial wireless! i am at a loss of ideas now as to why the thing wont connect on her computer, but it will connect on mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted July 23, 2009 CID Share Posted July 23, 2009 Is the USB port good on your Mothers machine? Have you tried any thing else there to see if the port is good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted July 23, 2009 CID Share Posted July 23, 2009 Or a different USB port? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister666 Posted July 24, 2009 Author CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 yeah the usb ports are all working properly. the computer has no problem recognizing the device, it just wont connect to the wireless network. now plug the wireless modem in a different computer, and it works and connects fine. so the problem is that it just wont connect to the wireless network on the one computer. it tries to connect, but it wont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdsph Posted July 24, 2009 CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 greetings! maybe your mom's computer is in a spot that is difficult for a wireless signal to penetrate. have you tried relocating her pc? move it somewhere near a window perhaps. just a wild guess.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister666 Posted July 24, 2009 Author CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 umm...thats not the issue....sorry, i forgot to mention that this problem just popped up out of nowhere this morning. the wireless modem has always worked with no problems on her computer, and then out of the blue this morning it just wont connect. and i know its not an issue with the wireless device or signal strength, its some kind of issue with her computer. all the settings for the wireless modem carry with the modem, so if you change one setting on it, it moves from pc to pc with the modem so i know there is no problem with the modem, it works in every other computrer it has been plugged into, ive tried it in 2 other pcs in the same house with no problems. my quetstion still remains, is there a virus possibly blocking it from making a connection? one that her comodo internet security is missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdsph Posted July 24, 2009 CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 greetings! have you tried this one? http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html or maybe you just have to do a port scan. http://nmap.org/download.html i'll be back later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted July 24, 2009 CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 umm...thats not the issue....sorry, i forgot to mention that this problem just popped up out of nowhere this morning. the wireless modem has always worked with no problems on her computer, and then out of the blue this morning it just wont connect. and i know its not an issue with the wireless device or signal strength, its some kind of issue with her computer. all the settings for the wireless modem carry with the modem, so if you change one setting on it, it moves from pc to pc with the modem so i know there is no problem with the modem, it works in every other computrer it has been plugged into, ive tried it in 2 other pcs in the same house with no problems. my quetstion still remains, is there a virus possibly blocking it from making a connection? one that her comodo internet security is missing? So have you tried cleaning it in safe mode to see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted July 24, 2009 CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 Is Comodo firewall silently blocking it, due to an update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister666 Posted July 24, 2009 Author CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 Is Comodo firewall silently blocking it, due to an update? that was one of my thoughts too...im working on getting her internet security switched from comodo to ESET right now and see if that changes anything. and im moving kinda slow today now, too many side projects poppin up...hopefully ESET may find something that comodo is overlooking, and if not a virus or firewall issue, then im officially out of ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted July 24, 2009 CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 A while back I couldn't connect to my router in Vista but could in Windows 7. I was dual booting the two. Like you said out of the blue I couldn't connect to the Vista. So I reformatted the Vista and all was good again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted July 24, 2009 CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 i had this problem with wireless in XP. i did a system restore to when i twas working and it worked for about a week longer, then as coknuck said, i had to end up formatting because i couldnt find an answer to the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister666 Posted July 24, 2009 Author CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 hmm...well tomorrow morning if i cant find an answer, i fear i may have to resort to reformatting....always a last resort move and never fun.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister666 Posted July 24, 2009 Author CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 HAHA!!! I WIN!! stupid comodo internet security was blocking access to the wireless network. un installed comodo, installed ESET in its place, and I WIN! and i liked comodo for so long, too bad it had to suddenly start sucking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted July 24, 2009 CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 And I win the guessing game of what was wrong. Yay for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister666 Posted July 24, 2009 Author CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 And I win the guessing game of what was wrong. Yay for me. haha..sorry, forgot to give credit where credit was due man...good guess, right on target! didnt mean to take the credit for your answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted July 24, 2009 CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 haha..sorry, forgot to give credit where credit was due man...good guess, right on target! didnt mean to take the credit for your answer. Nah. We is supposed to share the credit for fixing stuff. But the Net is full of posts where for whatever reason, a firewall just decides to silently block something. I think Norton is a bit famous for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinister666 Posted July 24, 2009 Author CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 yeah i was looking for info like that, but i guess i just wasnt looking hard enough, that and ive come to rely on all the brainiacs that reside here at this oh so friendly site. its nice to be able to post a problem and get responses with possible fixes within a few minutes like how it works here. and to think, i dont even remember how i found this site, but i sure am glad i did find it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted July 24, 2009 CID Share Posted July 24, 2009 glad to hear you got it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted July 25, 2009 CID Share Posted July 25, 2009 Yeah, its not too bad. If you want things fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted July 25, 2009 CID Share Posted July 25, 2009 i have an issue. my mother has a sierra wireless hdpa usb modem, it wont connect to the internet on her computer, tried un installing and re installing, still nothing. i plugged the wireless modem into my computer and installed all the neccessary software, 3g watcher and stuff, and it works fine on my computer....i really cant figure this out. could it possibly be a virus on her computer thats blocking her from connecting? ive been at this all day, and am getting aggrivated. if anyone has any ideas, i would really like to hear them. Have you looked in device manager to see if the modem is actually installing? If so what, if any error codes are you getting. If it is installed , is windows wireless program trying to control the wireless router, or could there be a setting in the program you installed that defaults the control to it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted July 26, 2009 CID Share Posted July 26, 2009 Wait, I thought it was working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted July 26, 2009 CID Share Posted July 26, 2009 mudmanc4 probably read just the first post and then answered. [move]Solved[/move] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted July 26, 2009 CID Share Posted July 26, 2009 Wait, I thought it was working. wtf, how the hell did I miss the rest of the posts ? :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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