Hi folks, have a problem with my wireless connection.  ISP: Comcast.  Lost connection 3 nights ago due to upgrades.  Next morning my laptop DELL XPS M1530 wireless network  card 1350 WLAN quit working.    Comcast tech support 1 hour,  didn't solve problem including reboots of computer, modem and Linksys router: 2.4 GHSZ 54 Mbps.   Checked the settings for wireless and utility- utility not functioning- went to net and picked up driver software upgrades.  Also, no ability to 'catch' other networks- get that message.  Also, tried other wireless connections at other locations- could not pick up.  So, followed the suggestions listed on this site to include the troubleshoot button to check the settings, winsock, ipconfig, no fixes.     Dell tech support not helpful, even with warranties for hardware, want to charge me for the software - stating it's the settings.  Then transferred to hard ward and they hung up on me.  My brother the computer geek ran it through all fixes listed- still no fix.  Wonder if it's easier to to and get a new network card?  If so, what kind?  What should I do?

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See below that we found on the Dell site:

 

The following information supplements the information in the Dell Wireless WLAN Card User Guide.

September 2007 

 

Manual Addenda

 

Draft IEEE 802.11n Interoperability

At the time of product release, Dell 1500/1505 Draft 802.11n cards were validated through testing to work with the following 802.11n wireless routers/APs:

·                     Netgear WNR834B FW 1.0.1.4 and later

·                     Netgear WNR350N FW1.0 and later

·                     Linksys WRT300N FW 0.93.3 and later

·                     Buffalo WZR-G300N FW 1.43 and later

·                     BelkinF5D8231-4

NOTE:

•  Regardless of the make of wireless router/AP, wireless clients should always be able to connect to the wireless router/AP at legacy link speeds. You should check with the wireless router/AP vendor for AP firmware and client software updates.

 

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Tray Icon Display

By default, the tray icon is disabled and hidden. User can turn on/off the tray icon by clicking on the File->Show utility icon sub-menu. Once the tray icon is enabled, a check mark will be shown in the File->Show utility icon sub-menu.

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Troubleshooting

Problem or symptom: With my Windows Vista based computer, I cannot connect to a wireless router/AP that requires TTLS authentication. 

Possible solution: Your network connection profile may be configured to prompt you for your user name and password, which could be a configuration issue for the Funk Server. The RADIUS server might expect something other than blank or anonymous for the outer identity. You can set User_name@Domain_name for the TTLS client identity to resolve this problem.

 

Problem or symptom: With my Windows Vista based computer, I log on as a local user. I cannot connect to a wireless router/AP that requires EAP-FAST TLS authentication and the use of a certificate. 

Possible Solution: There is a known issue with the EAP-FAST plug-in that prevents it from matching a certificate for the local user. You must log on as a domain user for the certificate to match.

 

Problem or symptom: With my Windows Vista based computer, my network connection profile is set up to prompt me for my user name and password when I connect to a wireless router/AP. When the computer resumes from standby or hibernation, however, I am not prompted for my user name/password. 

Possible solution: This behavior is appropriate. The Windows Vista driver attempts to maintain the association to the wireless router/AP over power state transitions (such as hibernate). If the computer resumes its normal state from standby or hibernation before the wireless router/AP times out and disconnects, you are still connected to the network and there is no need to provide your user name/password.

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Setting Advanced Properties

 

Wake-Up Mode

 

The Wake-Up Mode property enables or disables the capability of the Dell wireless WLAN card to wake up the computer from a low-power state when the wireless WLAN card receives a network wake-up packet.

All. Loss of Link, Magic Pattern, and Net Pattern are considered in wake pattern matching.

LossOfLink. Wakes up the machine if the wireless STA loses its association with the AP in Wake mode. Loss of link is detected by three events:

           

* The wireless STA receives a deauth/disassoc frame from the AP.

                 

* The wireless STA stops receiving a beacon from the AP for a pre-specified interval (8 seconds).

            * The wireless STA receives a retrograde timing synchronization function (TSF) in the AP beacon.

Magic & WakeUp Frame (default). Both Magic Pattern and Net Pattern are considered in wake pattern matching.

Magic Frame & LossOfLink. Both Magic Pattern and Loss of Link are considered in wake pattern matching.

Magic Packet. Only Magic Pattern is considered in wake pattern matching.

None. Pattern Matching is disabled.

Wake Up Frame. Only Net Pattern is considered in wake pattern matching.

Wake Up Frame & LossOfLink. Both Net Pattern and Loss of Link are considered in wake pattern matching.

 

 

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InstallShield Documentation

 

InstallShield has a number of command line options. None of the options listed below is case sensitive, and each may be used with a hyphen (-) or a forward slash (/). Separate multiple command-line switches with a space, but do not put a space inside a command-line switch (for example, /r /f1Install.iss is valid, but /r/f1 Install.iss is not). When you use long path and file name expressions with switches, enclose the expressions in double quotation marks. The double quotation marks indicate to the operating system that spaces within the quotation marks are not to be treated as command-line delimiters. Command line switches not listed will be ignored by the installer. 

 

   -app

      Installs the Broadcom tray utility only, but not the driver.

 

     

   /wlconfig:[file to import]

      Imports preferred network profiles at the end of installation.

      This option does not support the hyphen (-) prefix.

  

   -l[language ID]

      Specifies the language in which the setup runs. [language ID] is a

numeric language ID of the form 0xnnnn or simply nnnn.

 

Note: Refer to http://helpnet.installshield.com/robo/projects/HelpLibDevStudio9/IHelpGlobLangIdentifiers.htm for supported language IDs. See the “Identifier (InstallScript)” column in the following table.