LINKSYS WIRELESS ROUTER CONNECTION PROBLEM

I AM TRYING TO GET A CONNECTION FROM MY NEW LINKSYS ROUTER TO MY LAPTOPAND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE BECAUSE I PREVIOUSLY HAD MY LAPTOP HOOKED UP TO AN OLDER VERSION OF THE SAME KIND OF ROUTER.

THE ROUTER HOOKS UP FINE TO MY DESKTOP, BUT I AM UNABLE TO GET THE SIGNAL TO MY LAPTOP IN THE NEXT ROOM.

I'VE CALLED LINKSYS, DAILY, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO MANUALLY CONNECT THE ROUTER TO GET THE SIGNAL, BUT WHEN I RESTART MY COMPUTER THE NEXT DAY THE SIGNAL IS GONE.

LINKSYS, SAYS IT IS SOMETHING IN MY COMPUTER, THEY SAY I HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE WIRELESS BUILT IN FEATURE IN THE LAPTOP. I SAY THAT IS CRAZY, I NEVER HAD TO DO THAT WITH THE OTHER WIRELESS ROUTER.

I AM OPERATING IN WINDOWS XP, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I HAVE TO CHANGE SOME SETTINGS FOR THIS VER. 6 LINKSYS WIRELESS 2.4 ROUTER? AND IF SO HOW DO I DO THAT?

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD STRONG SIGNAL.

THANKS, BOEMOE

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MRF4700

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December 10th, 2006 13:00

Have you configured your router to recognize and accept the presence of the laptop onto the network thru the router's web-based utility?Does the laptops' MAC address show in the router's Wireless Access list?

Also, are you power cycling your network after each configuration change?

Message Edited by MRF4700 on 12-10-200607:56 AM

dallascowboyswo

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December 11th, 2006 08:00

Why did you buy a new router. What was the version of the old one. What is the model number of the wireless network card you are using. What model computer do you have. Do you have security enabled. If so see if you can get it to work with security disable first. Is windows managing your wireless network adapter or is some other utility.

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