Connecting my laptop to a Wireless Network

[Alastair]

I can't make my laptop find the wireless network I know it should find (because my PDA can).

I 'Enable' the wireless in network connections and the light shows the mast lit up but then it just never shows any available networks. Is there a way to search for networks that I'm missing?

It is a work laptop though, is it possible they have disabled the wireless another way? Should I be able to get round this?

Any help appreciated, I'm not the most PC savvy person though.

[babs]

Do you know if the wireless network is 802.11b, g or mix (b+g)?

It's possible the network is set to g, the PDA is compatible but the laptop may not be if it's 11b only.

[Alastair]

Will have to check the actual network later on the pda as it's not one here at work.

At work though the PDA gets about 4 networks and asks if I want to connect to them, though I can't because they are protected.

The PDA says it uses 802.11x network access control. Where would I find the same info on the laptop?

Oh, the laptop can't see any of these networks at work either.