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krazynutz   07-29-2007 at 11:49:31 AM

I just recently bought a Dell Inspiron 1520 with Vista Home Premium and the Intel AGN 4965 card.

All seemed well until suddenly, I can't connect to ANY wireless network that my card sees. Currently, I can see 4 wifi networks including my own. I cannot connect to any of the nonsecure networks. Mine has WAP security on it. When I try to connect to mine, it prompts me for my password, accepts it, but then I still can't connect.

I've never come across this before and I couldn't find anything on it. Did my internal wifi card go bad already?

Thanks


Message edited by krazynutz on 07-29-2007 at 11:50:19 AM
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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   07-29-2007 at 05:01:48 PM
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Have you contacted Dell? Best option right now cuz it's hard to give help without seeing your exact settings.

One thing to try: Click on your wireless network, select your signal, click change advanced settings, and select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Make sure both are automatic or set to what yours needs (should be auto though). Mine got change the other day and although I was "connected" I couldn't get on the internet.

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krazynutz   07-30-2007 at 04:58:57 AM
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Problem is, I can't even connect. I've had the problem that I can connect but can't get on the internet. This isn't the case. I can't even connect to the router I see. I'll call Dell Tomorrow. Thanks.

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TheGreatGrapeApe   07-30-2007 at 06:44:01 PM
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Sounds like an M$ issue that my friend was having with his Lenovo. You might wanna check the Forums about it. I forgot the issue/solution, but it sounds very similar, Lenovo told him 3 times to re-install factory defaults, and yet it was M$ the whole time.

Lemme see if I can find something in the e-mail he CC'd me in on that he sent Lenovo.

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TheGreatGrapeApe   07-30-2007 at 06:45:54 PM
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Ok here it is, Vista has trouble obtaining an IP from some routers and hosts, see if this helps;

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   07-30-2007 at 07:05:35 PM
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Stupid M$

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cattlebaron   07-31-2007 at 06:42:41 PM
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Someone also mentioned a similar problem that was solved by turning off the bluetooth advanced discovery or something. I don't have bluetooth and I can't seem to find the link now. You might turn off bluetooth and see though. I will look for the link.

**EDIT** I found the article. Just skim down to the wireless section and see what they suggest.
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsid=3821

Good Luck!!


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krazynutz   08-02-2007 at 08:40:10 PM
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I appreciate all the help guys. Turns out, I found the perfect solution for the problem.

I installed Windows XP Pro....ha ha...

Actually, everything works better under XP. Higher benchmark scores all around. Woo-Hoo

That, and 3ds Max plays with XP a lot nicer than Vista.

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john_qian   08-07-2007 at 03:13:09 AM
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it is right way that disable the BT option in BIOS if no BT HW installed , or you may uninstall Dell wireless driver to Vista native one. hoping the issue goes away

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