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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by LongTimeFan, Aug 17, 2006.

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  1. LongTimeFan

    LongTimeFan Member

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    Figured I'd give the gurus on the BBS a shot, considering Linksys' tech support drives me crazy. I recently bought a new Dell laptop and upgraded to the Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN mini-card.

    The problem is I can not connect to our home network. The wireless utility sees the network, along with some of our neighbors networks, but won't let me connect. The weird part is I can connect and surf the net on my neighbor's wireless router, just not mine. Other computers in the household can connect wirelessly to our router without problems, except me. When I try to connect to it, it pops up the "Waiting for Network..." screen for a few minutes, then disappears and refreshes the list of available netwroks without connecting.

    I doubt it's my wireless card as it is new, and I can connect to our neighbors home network without problem. I doubt it is our router because other laptops can connect to it wirelessly. I tried talking to Linksys about it, but they treat you like you don't know what a mouse is and after 2 hours with them I was no where.

    The drivers are recent on the Wireless card, and the firmware has been upgraded on the router. For reference, I have a WRT54GX Linksys router. Anyone have a clue as to what could be causing the problem?
     
    #1 LongTimeFan, Aug 17, 2006
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    I had a similar problem with a dell wireless card on my laptop at work. I just uninstalled and the crappy dell wireless software and the driver for the card and reinstalled the driver and sure enough it worked fine after that.
     
    #2 geeimsobored, Aug 17, 2006
  3. arkoe

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    I always have problems with my Dell wireless card as well. Luckily it's not as bad as your problem though. I'd try reinstalling the driver like geeimsobored suggested.
     
    #3 arkoe, Aug 17, 2006
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    Try connecting an ethernet cable to your wireless router and see if you can get internet that way. It would limit where the problem is coming from.
     
    #4 Invisible Fan, Aug 17, 2006
  5. LongTimeFan

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    I've re-installed the drivers to no avail. Our home is wired, so my connection is through the back of the router right now via ethernet cable. I can connect to our neighbors network, so I don't know why I can't connect to ours.

    Initially I thought there might be compatibility issues between the wireless card and router, but I haven't found any issues when I searched for it. I'm stuck :mad:
     
    #5 LongTimeFan, Aug 17, 2006
  6. Invisible Fan

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    Have you messed with the router? do you know how to work its settings?

    Try resetting the router by pushing the button on the back of the router for a pin. Hold for 5 seconds. Wait a minute and see if the WAN light flashes on the router. Try to connect with the card then.

    If that doesn't work, since your card can read the router, try letting Windows control your wifi card and connect with it instead of the card's program. You'll have to use one or the other so remember which one you're using, and Yyou'll have to know how to switch between settings.
     
    #6 Invisible Fan, Aug 17, 2006
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