Welcome, PLEASE READ FIRST Updated 12/30/2012

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The purpose of this forum sticky is for forum members to suggest and give you helpful tips on getting your wireless devices working. So let's keep those suggestions coming in.

 

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Here are a few suggestions that I have to get things started.

Dell Premium Services for Networking is Solution Station.

Dell Networking and Wireless Support Center

Home Networking - Getting Started

How to by-pass the Dell Download Manager

Setup should look like...

Wall > ISP Modem/Router > Wireless router(if any) > Wired/wireless

If using DSL, a DSL Filter MUST be on ALL devices, phone, answering machine, faxes, etc..., everything EXCEPT the DSL Modem/Router.

You may share a DSL Filter.

Wall > DSL Filter > Splitter > Multiple Devices

How to login to your wireless router

Recommended Wireless Router Settings

Actually WPA2-AES Security is the way to go but not all wireless devices will work with WPA2. So this is why we are currently sticking with WPA-PSK(TKIP) Personal Security.

Connection is enabled

How to repair a connection

Sometimes connections fail due to power flickers. Try turning off your ISP Modem/Router, your wireless router and your computer for 60 seconds, then turn on the ISP modem/router. Wait 15 seconds, then turn on the wireless router(if any). Try to connect. Usually this happens during electrical storms and when there are power interuptions. Doing this resets everything back and then the connection resumes as normal.

After a clean installation of the Operating System the Wireless doesn't work

Bluetooth connection and pairing

Broadcom BCM5784M LAN or better known as Broadcom Netlink Gigibit Ethernet (64-bit drivers)

Broadcom Drivers (Latitude Broadcom USH Drivers CLICK HERE)

Data Safe Local 2.0 RMCPlg.exe and BTTray.exe Errors (0xc0150004)or Widcom Bluetooth/BTTray.exe error

Dell Mini 10 poor wireless connection fix

Dell Mini 10V (1011) wireless 1510, dropping connection {Solved}

Dell Wireless 360 Module with Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR Windows 7 drivers

Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Minicard Windows 7 drivers

Dell Wireless 1300/1350/1370/1390/1395/1397/1400/1450/1470/1490/1500/1505/1510/1520 WLAN (Broadcom 43xx chip-based) cards, quickest and easiest solutions

Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility & Windows 7 Solution

Dell WWAN Wireless not detected

Error 105, no wireless service

File and Print Sharing in Vista (Thanks to mombodog)

Finding System Information about your wireless adapters/cards

Having trouble connecting back to the internet after hibernate or sleep mode

How can I disable wireless configuration services and enable the Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration services

How to Download the Latest Broadcom USH Drivers - Dell™ Latitude™ E-Series Contactless SmartCard and Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA) Enrollment

How to Download and Install Drivers in the Correct Order

How to Network with HomeGroup in Windows 7

How to start Wireless Zero Configuration using Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8

Installing My Wi-Fi Technology

Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN, Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter and Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter #2 are causing processor spikes Resolved

Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 connection problems{SOLVED}

Intel® Driver Update Utility for Intel® wireless adapters

Intel ~ Recommended settings for 802.11n connectivity

Intel® WiFi Products — Power Save Polling (PSP) causes connection issues with some access points

Affected cards:

Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 and Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 products Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 100 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 130 Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100A Network Connection Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Intel® WiFi Link 1000 Intel® WiFi Link 5300 and Intel® WiFi Link 5100 products Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350 and Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150 products Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Create a Power Plan

Select High performance.

Start, control panel, device manager. Click on Network and then right click on your wireless adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.

IPv6 How to disable certain Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) components in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008

IPv6 Test your IPv6

Mobile Broadband Card and IE8 Connection problems {SOLVED}

Network Map in Windows Vista does not display computers that are running Windows XP

Security at WiFi Hotspots

Setting up the Dell Wireless Printer Adapter 3300

Setting up/Troubleshooting a Wireless Network

Share Files and Printers between Windows 7 and XP (This works both ways)

Sharing a printer through a wireless network

The default gateway setting is lost when you wake a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep

Turn off Dell Wireless WLAN Card Reminder at Login

Westell Versalink 327w by Verizon & Windows 7 connection problems [SOLVED]

Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers (Broadcast flag)(Many connection Problems!):emotion-21:

Wireless Networking for the Home

Most Dell Laptops use the blue Fn and F2 to turn the wireless card on/off. Some have a switch. Dell QuickSet helps to control the hotkeys.

Wireless N Routers

There are different types of Wireless N Routers, just Wireless N and Dual Band Wireless N Routers.

Wireless N brodcasts on 5.8GHz range. THERE ARE SOME WIRELESS N ROUTERS/ADAPTERS THAT WORK ONLY ON THE 2.4 GHz BAND.

Wireless b/g broadcasts on the 2.4gh range.

***Unless you have a dual band Wireless N router, all the computers on your network will need a Wireless N Card/Adapter or they will not be able to connect to your network.***

Cordless phones

Cordless phones that are 2.4GHz use the same frequencies that wireless roiuters use(A,B,G)

Cordless phones that are 5.8GHz use the same frequencies that wireless routers use(N)

Using a cordless phone can and will interfere with your connection.

Tweak that wireless card

Windows has a feature that turn off the wireless card to save power. Here is how to keep the wireless card from turning off.

Go to device manager(right click my computer, left click properties, left click hardware, left click device manager). Click on Network and then right click on your wireless adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.

If you have problems with installing drivers/software in Windows 7, the try installing the drivers in the Compatibility mode .

Right click on the setup.exe file, left click properties, left click compatibility. Change the compatibility to Vista. Then install the proper drivers.

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