Telkom Mega 100wr Wireless Light won't come on

[IdlePhaedrus]

Hi,

I 'self provided' my fathers Telkom Mega 100wr router in August last year, and turned off wireless because he had no wireless devices. On Friday he got himself a wireless laptop.

I have tried to re-enable the wireless connection on the router, but the wireless light refuses to come on even after enabling the AP in the router's setup and "following the on-screen instructions" and the laptop cannot find the router.

I have tried re-configuring the router from both IE and Firefox, but no joy. Have also done a 'hard reset', but that doesn't turn on the wireless either.

I see there is new firmware available for the router, but the release notes don't mention anything about this problem, so I would rather leave that until I have exhausted all other options.

Has anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Phaedrus

 

[stoke]

Is the wireless aerial screwed in on the router?
Does the laptop really have a wireless card in it?

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

The aerial may be loose, I didn't check that, but it is certainly there, though I would expect the wireless light to come on even if the aerial was unplugged from the unit altogether. The laptop has wireless, it works perfectly on my wireless network.

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

Looks like exactly the same problem as this: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=95597. Anyone know how long these units are under guarantee for?

 

[FrancTheTank]

Looks like exactly the same problem as this: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=95597. Anyone know how long these units are under guarantee for?

Should be for 24months, I had an issue with mine, I called Telkom, the support guy briefly gave me a ref num and I got a new one the next day at the Telkom shop

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

Should be for 24months, I had an issue with mine, I called Telkom, the support guy briefly gave me a ref num and I got a new one the next day at the Telkom shop

Thanks, I think that might be the best approach...