5150 with 1300 card: No wireless connection !!

Question

I have a new laptop (5150: 1 and half month old) and I was able to connect to my wireless router (D-Link) just fine... But yesterday all of a sudden, wireless connection dropped and I have NOT been able to connect at all. Now I am not able to connect at all....Any pointers what could be wrong?? Please help!!

its_me48 · Answer

Raghu, Thanks for the reply....I did try doing what you recommended....no luck... Would you suggest any other thing? -Shyam

schmieg · Answer

Try shutting off the power to the router and the broadband modem. Wait for a minute, then turn the modem on and then the router. This will reset both of those in case they may have locked. Then turn on your computer and see if it logs on. If you didn't change anything on the computer or the router, this might be the cause.

BigBirdVA · Answer

Does it show your network as available? Mine does this a lot. Got the TM1300 card? If so read the 500 or so posts on it and see if you come to the same conclusion as I did - the card has a problem. There are other cards that will fit your laptop that will work. I'm in the process of getting one for my NEW 5150.

its_me48 · Answer

That's it Mike !! It works now...unplugged everything...all connections to router...wait for a minute..plugged things back in....Started  my laptop and bingo....it got connected. Thanks for your help

schmieg · Answer

We should have suggested that at the beginning. That's where you should always start with that set of problems.

its_me48 · Answer

Mike, Thanks again..  Just curious, what do you think happened? Why did it connect after unplugging? Any ideas? -Sam

schmieg · Answer

I've had this happen with my wired network more than my wireless. I have no idea what causes it, but often the broadband provider will send update information to the DSL or cable modems during down periods and I think that this sometimes causes the problem. I've gone into the office in the morning on more than one occasion and docked my Inspiron and had a complete inability to get to the net. The local network usually works fine. I check and the other computers on the network also lack internet access. Shutting down the cable modem and bringing it back up always solves the problem. I've only had it happen twice here at home where I have a wireless network, but the same solution applies.

Of course, back before I started using static IP's, I would run into a situation where I had a dynamic IP set here at home and then went to the office and made some changes to the system. When I came back, it wouldn't take the same dynamic IP and the router would try to assign it a different one. Since I had the number of dynamic IP's available for assignment limited to prevent unauthorized access, this would usually bar the system from the network. Releasing DHCP and resetting it usually solved that problem.

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5150 with 1300 card: No wireless connection !!

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