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Wireless Networking Issues

Dec 25, 2004 7:08AM PST

I jsut got a new lap top for xmas and it comes with a wireless card. The Wireless card is a Dell Wireless 1350 (802.11b/g) WLAN miniPCI Card. My router is a linksys wireless g. My problem is that when the laptop trys to connect to the network it drops all the the computers connected to the router via ethernet wire. The laptop also doesn't successfully connect at all. I am finding this all very strange since I have a computer in the basement that connects via the wireless and it works fine and never conflicts or causes any problems. I am completely stumped I have tryed un/reinstalling the drivers unplugging the router and modem and replugging it in. I have basically tried all the obvious things to fix this issue all to no avail. PLEASE anybody jsut help me.

Thanks!

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Upgrade from Linksys
Dec 25, 2004 7:29AM PST
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Wireless Networking Issues
Jan 31, 2005 4:29AM PST

Did you ever get your issue figured out? I am having the same problem with my 1350 wireless card in my dell laptop and my Linksys wireless router.

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Router locked into 'G' mode ???
Feb 5, 2005 9:03AM PST

I don't have the configurations you and Meiko have, but could the Dell Wireless 1350 (802.11 b/g) WLAN card be forcing the Linksys Wireless G router into a 802.11 G mode? I think this might lock out the adapters on the wired connections if they had only 802.11 B adapters.

Your computer in the basement may work fine if it has a Wireless 'G' adapter because it would go into 'G' mode itself if the router got locked into a 'G' mode.

I would suggest that you check if your Dell adapter on your new laptop is set to connect in Wireless 'G' mode only. This may be forcing your router to only work in 'G' mode, thus locking out any 'B' adapters (perhaps the wired ones?). If this is the case clear that setting, and maybe all computers would again connect. And check the router settings to make sure it didn't get locked into 'G' mode.

Also, make sure the new computer is set up with the SAME network name as the router, and that the WORKGROUP is the same as the other machines. Also, have you set up the router to use MAC filtering? If so, then you need to add the MAC address of the new adapter. Perhaps you are forgetting these things.

There are so many options and settings to check on a new computer to make it work with existing equipment. It is easy to forget to change one or more settings, or to remember where you have to find them. You almost have to set the new machine next to one of the others that is working to go through the settings on both machine to make sure they all match.

Good luck

Larry Bell