Intel Wireless Adapter Netgear Router Connection Problem

Question

I have two Dell Latitude D610s that I want to be able to connect to a Netgear MR814v2 wireless router. One D610 has an intel 2200BG adapter and the other (newer) has a Dell/Broadcom 1370 WLAN. The Intel 2200BG used to connect but in order to get the newer PC to connect, I needed to update the router firmware. After doing this, the Dell/Broadcom will connect and the Intel will not. I have updated the Intel drivers and software and implemented the known power polling problem fix. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Is there something I'm missing?

matt76 · Answer

I've recently purchased an XPS M140 with a Dell 1370 wireless card and have the exact Netgear router that you do.

Currently I can't get the 1370 to connect to the Netgear. It sees the SSID broadcast but after I supply the WEP, it fails to connect and eventually resorts to connecting to another unprotected network in the neighborhood.

I'm curious what firmware you've updated your Netgear to? Was it the 5.3 firmware?

MG57 · Answer

It was the 5.3 firmware, and we have been able to get 128 bit WEP to work with the 1370 adapter.

matt76 · Answer

thanks very much for the info, i guess i know what i'm doing this weekend.

matt76 · Answer

did the upgrade and the 1370 does indeed see the netgear now.   thx again.

matt76 · Answer

firmware 5.3 is pretty buggy so i don't recommend doing the upgrade (for me, many webpages timed out). lots of discussion on this on other forums.   decided to roll back to 5.03 and very strangely, the 1370 card now works with the 5.03 firmware.   no idea why but am typing this on the connection right now.   so for those of you with 1370 cards and mr814v2 netgear routers, if you haven't been able to connect, you may try this: update firmware to 5.3, test if the laptop connects, then rollback to 5.03, and see if that solves things.

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