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I got me a new laptop today, a Dell Inspiron 5160 with a built-in
wireless...specifically, a Dell 1350 Mini-PCI wireless card.
My router is a Linksys BEFW11S4 V2, latest firmware, set to Channel 6,
128-bit encryption.
Here's the deal: My old laptop, which uses an Orinoco Gold wireless PCMCIA
card, works like a champ under these settings, I've never had to twiddle
with anything.
The new laptop won't connect. Not under Channel 6, anyhow. If I switch the
router to Channel 1, it will work, but it definitely seems slower than the
throughput I was getting on the old card and the old laptop.
Both systems are running XP Home, SP2.
I know my way around TCP/IP, but I admit I'm not too advanced on the
wireless aspects. I read elsewhere on this group that I might check to see
if power saving has been turned on for the wireless card (and I think it may
have been), but I don't know if that explains why Channel 6 isn's working.
I apologize if I'm leaving out some important information...tell me what's
missing and I'll be happy to check up on it. Why would Channel 6 on the
router work on one card and not on another, and is there anything I can do
to make Channel 6 work with the new laptop? I've always had good luck with
it with the old equipment, so I don't think there's a lot of interference
there, and it seems sensible to go with what's working.
Thanks for the help!
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Chris Lemon
clemon79@comcast.net
http://fredsmythe.com
EFNet: FredSmyth
I got me a new laptop today, a Dell Inspiron 5160 with a built-in
wireless...specifically, a Dell 1350 Mini-PCI wireless card.
My router is a Linksys BEFW11S4 V2, latest firmware, set to Channel 6,
128-bit encryption.
Here's the deal: My old laptop, which uses an Orinoco Gold wireless PCMCIA
card, works like a champ under these settings, I've never had to twiddle
with anything.
The new laptop won't connect. Not under Channel 6, anyhow. If I switch the
router to Channel 1, it will work, but it definitely seems slower than the
throughput I was getting on the old card and the old laptop.
Both systems are running XP Home, SP2.
I know my way around TCP/IP, but I admit I'm not too advanced on the
wireless aspects. I read elsewhere on this group that I might check to see
if power saving has been turned on for the wireless card (and I think it may
have been), but I don't know if that explains why Channel 6 isn's working.
I apologize if I'm leaving out some important information...tell me what's
missing and I'll be happy to check up on it. Why would Channel 6 on the
router work on one card and not on another, and is there anything I can do
to make Channel 6 work with the new laptop? I've always had good luck with
it with the old equipment, so I don't think there's a lot of interference
there, and it seems sensible to go with what's working.
Thanks for the help!
--
Chris Lemon
clemon79@comcast.net
http://fredsmythe.com
EFNet: FredSmyth