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I was working on this in another thread on alt.internet.wireless, and I
thought I'd retitle it based on what I've learned, in the hopes someone will
notice with an answer:
I just got a Dell Inspiron 5160 with a Dell Wireless 1350 mini-PCI wireless
card built in. It will not exchange network traffic with my Linksys BEFW11S4
v2 router. Changing the channel on the router has no effect, but this isn't
an interference issue anyhow. Keep reading.
The router has the latest firmware and has had my old laptop with an Orinoco
Gold wireless card connect to it successfull and consistently for two years,
and also has a Tivo with a D-Link wireless dongle connecting to it
successfully for a few months now. So the router works.
The laptop has the most recent drivers for the wireless card. It also has
connected to an unsecured 802.11g router elsewhere in my apartment building,
as well as an 802.11b hotspot at a bookstore up the road. So the wireless
card works.
They just don't work together. Seeing as the router is a v2, and Linksys has
put out a v3 and a v3.2 model since, I'm willing to accept this as a
possible plain-ol' incompatibility. But before I run out and buy a new
router, I'd like some kind of confirmation.
Dell and Linksys's respective tech supports, as you might expect, were
worthless.
So I'm asking: has anyone seen this particular incompatibility? Has anyone
seen anything LIKE this particular incompatibility?
--
Chris Lemon
clemon79@comcast.net
http://fredsmythe.com
EFNet: FredSmyth
I was working on this in another thread on alt.internet.wireless, and I
thought I'd retitle it based on what I've learned, in the hopes someone will
notice with an answer:
I just got a Dell Inspiron 5160 with a Dell Wireless 1350 mini-PCI wireless
card built in. It will not exchange network traffic with my Linksys BEFW11S4
v2 router. Changing the channel on the router has no effect, but this isn't
an interference issue anyhow. Keep reading.
The router has the latest firmware and has had my old laptop with an Orinoco
Gold wireless card connect to it successfull and consistently for two years,
and also has a Tivo with a D-Link wireless dongle connecting to it
successfully for a few months now. So the router works.
The laptop has the most recent drivers for the wireless card. It also has
connected to an unsecured 802.11g router elsewhere in my apartment building,
as well as an 802.11b hotspot at a bookstore up the road. So the wireless
card works.
They just don't work together. Seeing as the router is a v2, and Linksys has
put out a v3 and a v3.2 model since, I'm willing to accept this as a
possible plain-ol' incompatibility. But before I run out and buy a new
router, I'd like some kind of confirmation.
Dell and Linksys's respective tech supports, as you might expect, were
worthless.
So I'm asking: has anyone seen this particular incompatibility? Has anyone
seen anything LIKE this particular incompatibility?
--
Chris Lemon
clemon79@comcast.net
http://fredsmythe.com
EFNet: FredSmyth