is it the card or the technology?

Well i got this old laptop with win xp with a broken Wireless LAN card , however both lights blink .

I start up windows and the laptop finds 2 wireless networks, 1 of them is my network. I try to connect to my network with the right password and It wont go through. Do you think its the card or maybe my netgear router saying no ?

pic of Wireless card http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53289214/w%20lan%20card.jpg

screenshot of my wifi settings.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53289214/wifi%20settings.jpg

they want me to buy them a new card because they think it wont connect to any router because its broken,
I suggest buying a USB wifi adapter for the same price.

Option #1 would be to replace the same w lan card but if its not going to work with new technology then its useless.



Thank you.

Turn your encryption off and change the wireless mode to accept 802.11B on your router. I would bet that card is only compatible with WEP and WPA and its only a 802.11B card your wireless is set for 802.11G/N

I turned off encryption and set mode to b/g/n (neighbor friendly) and It worked...

This old card supports 802.11B only . Thanks.

Bottom line is, the card is good only if you know the system administrator and ask him if he can change mode to /B/ lol
and since you cannot expect system administrators and new routers/wifi areas to support your card I suggest buying a USB wifi adapter for the same price.

Thank you Sneakycyber, I hope this helps other people for future references.

Your welcome