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Dell Latitude D600 Wireless Connection

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by kevin.strauss

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I am having trouble staying connected to my wireless router. I have other computers connected fine, so it is not the router. I made sure I have the correct key as well. It connects for a couple of seconds, then disconnects. Could the wireless card in the laptop itself be bad, or is something else the issue? Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

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by older mycroft

As you say "[i] Could the wireless card in the laptop itself be bad, or is something else the issue?[/i]" - well YES it could be.

However, it might still be the router. - You didn't say HOW the other computers are connected to the router, so am I to assume that they're all connected wirelessly? If they are - how many wireless connections is your router capable of?

What is the physical placement of this troubled computer? Have you tried swapping a couple of computers round in case it's the physical positioning of the laptop that is the problem?

What channels are all the successful computers set to? - What channel is the router set to?

Is the bad laptop set up identically to all the good computers? Including does it still seek out other sources or is it locked down to just one signal?

It sounds to me like the laptop is roaming, trying to find something else that's not there.

It would also help to know what OS this laptop (and all the other computers) is running.

And how many is ALL the other computers?

by robo_dev

power management settings for wlan adapter may be shutting it off.

make sure 802.1x is not enabled if you're not using it

what OS?

what type of adapter? USB/CF/PCMCIA??

Are you seeing the 'network disconnected' error?

what make/model adapter and what make/model wireless router?

Sometimes adapters get confused and start hunting between 802.11b and g. So the solution may be to lock the adapter to whatever your router supports (e.g. 802.11G only)

Are you using the utilities that shipped with the WLAN adapter or letting Windows manage the adapter....sometimes these two conflicting applications get in a tug-of-war.

Was this ever working correctly? (did it start acting flaky, or is this a new setup)

by lifeisfare

Hello Kevin,
The other computers you mentioned, are they connected wireless or wired?

Are you able to connect on another wireless router? (At friends or families)

What helps:
Download and install the latest wireless network card driver and software for your Dell Latitude D600 from dell website.

by kevin.strauss

thanks all...

it is not my personal machine, so i dont know all of the details, however, i will have the machine in my hands in a couple of days.

it is running xp, as well as the other computers that are connected to the wireless router. windows is configured to manage the wireless connections, NOT the dell utility.

when i have the laptop in my hands, i will try updating the driver, and connecting to a different wireless router.

i will keep you all updated, thanks for your responses!

kevin

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