EW-7318UG Not Connecting

[khenderson42]

Pretty simple, plugged Edimax EW-7318UG into my Windows 8.1 PC with a LAN cable in just to make sure it was the most up to date driver that Windows downloaded. Downloaded a driver name RT73 and installed fine. Went to networks and my Sky router is there. Go to connect to it put in the pass code for WPA-PSK security it tries to connect for a bit and fails. Any insight? Checked and couldn't see any official Windows 8/8.1 drivers but it seems to see the network but not connect so I am confused.

 

[crookedmouth]

Try this Driver for Windows 7.
http://www.edimax.com/images/Image/Driver_Utility/Wireless/NIC/EW-7318Ug/EW-11gUSB.zip

 

[khenderson42]

I am afraid those drivers did not work. My network is still visible but not able to be connected to.

 

[crookedmouth]

So it gives no error or anything?

Go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing > Local Area Connection or Ethernet > Properties > Highlight Internet Protocol Version 6 > Properties

Make sure that Obtain an IP Adress Automatically is "ticked". Do the same for ipv4.

It looks like resetting the entire TCP/IP stack is different in Windows 8, so if the above is already set then you could try just uninstalling Internet Protocol Version 6 and/or Version 4. Re-installing them is the same as resetting them.

The fact that it doesn't give you any errors or tell you it has "limited" access makes this a tough one.

 

[khenderson42]

I tried netsh into IP reset c:\resetlog.txt or something close to that earlier but to no avail. I shall check the settings and things in the morning. For now I need to sleep. I will update you when I've checked. Thanks.

 

[khenderson42]

UPDATE:
Tried suggested steps and it is still showing up but failing to connect.

 

[crookedmouth]

Wait a minute, is your wireless router wireless-n? Because the EW-7318UG is wireless-g and would not work in that case.

 

[khenderson42]

No its a default piece of shite sky router DG934 or something along those lines. It iset to g/b.

 

[crookedmouth]

Okay, hope this is it. It appears that you might have to use the utility software to configure for encrypted networks. I just read through the pdf. It and the utility are Here

 

[khenderson42]

Sorry I should've mentioned that I'd tried using the edimax utility as well as connecting through windows both being unsuccessful. I will give it a try with the utility again.