I brought my work computer home and I cannot connect to my home WiFi. I have a MAC that works on my home WiFi.

I am seeing this message:

The settings saved on this computer for the network do not match the requirements of the network.

3 Answers

Since your WiFi network is set to use WEP, then Windows 7 will have a hard time automatically connecting to it. You need to manually setup the profile:

To manually create a network profile using WEP shared key authentication

1. Click to open Network and Sharing Center.

2. Click Set up a new connection or network.

3. Click Manually connect to a wireless network, and then click Next.

4. On the Enter information for the wireless network you want to add page, under Security type, select WEP.

5. Complete the rest of the page, and then click Next.

6. Click Change connection settings.

7. Click the Security tab, and then, under Security type, click Shared.

8. Click OK, and then click Close.

Or, if possible change over the WiFi network something better/more secure like WPA2, which Windows 7 easily auto-connects to. :)

This did not work for me with an ATT 2Wire router. To work around, I installed ThinkVantage Access Connections network/wireless connection utility and was able to set more profile variables than Windows 7 makes visible. In my case, I needed to specify 64-bit key with 5-character password, and enter the password. Then I was able to connect.

Just install the software manufacturer of your WiFi adapter and everything else will be easy.

Here's an example.