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December 28, 2007 at 12:58 PM
procadman

dell laptop kills kinksys wireless net

by procadman . Updated 18 years, 5 months ago

I have tried (2) dell m90 and (1) dell m6300 laptops at home.

As soon as I ask the laptop to connect it shuts down my wireless network; It shows the network is available – I ask it to connect – it then shows the wireless network as running but unavailable. In addition any other pcs running off the wireless connection will fail.

I have 2 wired pcs and one wireless running from the single router. All work fine until I attempt to use the laptop.

I’m running a linksys G wireless network without firewalls or secure log-ins. (There isn’t anyone close enough to piggyback onto my signal.) I am using it strictly for internet access. Hard drives are not visible through this connection..

This router is connected to a Cisco modem.

All 3 laptops will connect to other wireless nets. All have factory installed wireless cards/chips.

Calls to my internet provider have been fruitless.

(Until I solve this issue I am forced to commute 3 hours a day.)

Any ideas?

(So far no one has even heard of this phenomenon.)

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