Wireless connection problem with Sky Broadband

[Jonnyefc]

Hi, i have just joined club Vaio so excuse my ignorance if you can. Ive just transferred from Orange broadband to Sky broadband and im having trouble connecting to the internet wirelessly. Its ok when im plugging my laptop directly into the router but not when im trying with my wireless adaptor. Ive spoken to sky and they seem to think that my drivers need updating for my network adapter which is built into to my laptop (sony PCG-V415S) but im not sure if it is as when i was with Orange i could always connect without any trouble. Could anyone help???? If it is the drivers any suggestions on where to get these from

Thanks
Jon

[Thalamus.]

Hi Jon

welcome to Club Vaio..

Please could you confirm your Vaio model number PCG-V415S..

[Jonnyefc]

Hi sorry its PCG-K415S

[Thalamus.]

Hi Jonnyefc

In Device manager could you check what Wireless LAN Adapter your Vaio has and what the driver version is..

One of my relatives had a problem with connecting a K215Z wirelessly to Sky broadband, that was solved by downloading and installing the driver update from the Sony update site.

Unfortunately an update is not listed for your model..

[Jonnyefc]

Its named as LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g miniPCI Adaptor, providing i have got the right thing for you there. The driver date is the 05/08/2005 and the version is 3.1.2.24. Have checked the sony website for driver updates myself and couldnt find any for my model . So dont really know where to go from here.

[Thalamus.]

Hi Jonnyefc,

your K415S already has a newer version wireless driver installed than I updated on the K215Z..

Have you checked that the wireless WEP/WPA password on both your router and Vaio are the same?

[Jonnyefc]

Yes i have checked that the WEP password is the same, think theres a problem with the router rather than my laptop. Cant really think what else it could be think ill get back onto Sky over the weekend, thanks for your help its very much appreciated