wirless card / router issue but both work

[i]1. Vaio will not connect with the hub using the internal wirless
2. Vaio will connect with the hub using a USB dongle
3. Vaio will connect with other wirelss AP's, routers etc
4. Hub can connect with my desktop and other laptop[/i]

[b]Are you saying in Point #3 that the Vaio will connect with other AP [i]using the internal wireless[/i] or only with the dongle??[/b]

I likewise have a VAIO notebook computer with the Intel/PRO wireless chip, and the wireless LAN feature misbehaved right from the start. These are the things I did to keep it alive:

1) Switched to the Intel/Pro driver, which seemed to work better than the Windows driver.

2) Switched back to the Windows driver when the Intel/Pro driver performed erratically.

3) Disabled the WZC Service (Windows Wireless Zero) which interfered with the Intel/Pro driver.

4) Disabled encryption (yes, this helped).

5) Disabled mixed-mode signal broadcasting, assigned [b]G[/b] mode only to the router.

6) Enabled SSID

7) Obtained a vertical booster antenna for the router.

8) Re-attached and re-oriented the notebook antenna for a better connection.

9) Updated the Intel/Pro wireless LAN driver at the Sony Support website to the latest version.

Now here's the part you're not going to like - eventually I just got tired of messing with this shoddy piece of hardware/software, and decided to simply circumvent it.

I no longer power-on the wireless LAN in my Sony notebook. Instead, I stick a Linksys USB wireless adapter into the side port, and my troubles have ceased:

http://tinyurl.com/3vs8r7

So do yourself a favor, and adopt the philosophy espoused in Chicago and New York: [i]fuggedaboudit[/i]. Use Linksys and be happy.

Rick/Portland, OR

@ old mycroft - will connect with the internal wireless

@ robo_dev - I'm currently only using WEP due to the USB dongle software not supporting WPA

@ Rick - thanks was kind of fearing that would be the only ultimate solution. I've tried 4,5,6 and 9. Think I'll give 7 nad 8 a miss if it comes to that go with the USB...will try also 1,2 and 3 and see...

Thanks,

with Intel 2200 in a Dell Latitude D600.
Linksys dongle works great, no more headaches.