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scrawforditm

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November 28th, 2006 10:00

Latitude D420 Wireless on Vista

Hi Everyone
 
I have a weird issue here....
 
I was running Vista RC1 fine on my D420, Wireless worked like a charm...a few disconnnects but nothing major.
 
Since upgrading to RTM and A02 BIOS Upgrade, I can connect to the Wireless Network using the built in wireless and sometimes I get a "Duplicate IP" (I am the only system on the wireless" and remain connected but no IP address is issued to the system.
 
I tried a third party 3Com card, same issue...
 
Is it a Vista issue or a something else
 
Any insight would be appreciated
 
Cheers
 
Stuart

tademos

20 Posts

November 29th, 2006 12:00

Hi Stuart
 
Just another questions: do you have a broadband modem installed in your D420?
 
I have a Vodafone and wanted to ask you, if you know if there is a driver for the modem for Vista.
 
Thanks for answer in advance!
 
Greetings
Tademos

scrawforditm

5 Posts

November 29th, 2006 14:00

I have the Sierra Wireless 580 for Telus that I have yet to install because it did not work on RC1
 
So haven't tried it yet

scrawforditm

5 Posts

November 30th, 2006 10:00

Here is the fix...friend of mine shared it with me who is a Vista MVP
 
reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters /v ArpRetryCount /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
 
Reboot when completed

tademos

20 Posts

November 30th, 2006 11:00

Thanks a lot! I'll give it a try when I install Vista on my D420.

tademos

20 Posts

December 18th, 2006 07:00

Hi!
 
I've installed Vista 32-bit Ultimate and ALL hardware was recognized, incl. the UMTS-card from Vodafone. So I didn't make the reg-key change above.
 
Hope this helps anybody else.
 
Tademos

Lber

8 Posts

May 12th, 2007 15:00

Hi, i've got the same problem on mine, could you explain this reg hack further?
 
i.e what sort of key i need to create etc etc.
Cheers

scrawforditm

5 Posts

May 12th, 2007 16:00

This the hack...I am not technical minded...so can't explain it
 
reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters /v ArpRetryCount /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

tademos

20 Posts

May 12th, 2007 19:00

Hi!
 
I've read about a hack so that the UMTS/3G-modem could be used with any SIM-card and not only with, e.g. the Vodafone one.
 
Does anybody know the hack?
 
Tademos

Lber

8 Posts

May 13th, 2007 07:00

Wow....it works
 
for all those with this issue on  a d420, run the reg add command given above from a command prompt. Then bounce the notebook, and voila!!!!
 
nice one!
 
Dell & Microsoft please take note of this issue & fix!!!

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