need help with e1505

Question

Just recently bought the inspiron e1505 and have had trouble connecting with the wireless card. I says that I am connected with full connection but there is no connection at all. I have the 1390 mini wireless card. Any ideas?

ScaryFast · Answer

I think I just had this happen with mine as well. It showed me as connected but I couldn't browse the web or do anything. I disabled the wireless, enabled it again, but the wi-fi light didn't come on and when I tried to connect to my wireless which appeared in the application, it said it couldn't connect.

rebooting the laptop fixed it. maybe somethign funky with the intel wireless application.

Dboullion · Answer

I also just bought a E1505 and am having the exact same issue. I have spent countless hours with Dell support and they are guessing just as much as me..Try this and try that... I can hardwire into the internet and it runs like a train.. David..

JCLJorgenson · Answer

When I frst setup my E1505, I had the same problem. It was because I had the cable modem running to both my dektop PC and my wireless router for my laptop. You cannot do both, as stated in my Linksys manual. Once I ran the cable modem only to the router, it worked just fine. Of course that means you cannot use the USB connection form your cable/DSL modem to your desktop, you now need to run a CAT5 connection from your router into your desktop network card.

Since I had my desktop's network card disabled in my bios, it took my a while to get it installed with drivers, etc.

Dboullion · Answer

Well I spent a lot of time and time and more time on the phone with Dell and about 6 different technicians.. I took my E1505 to my son's house and the wireless side of it worked just fine on his Belkin 54 wireless router... So, me being a simple guy with simple needs. I bought one of them and I now have wireless running on my 1505 at an outstanding performance level.. Something is just not savvy with my D-Link 514 or I may never know the real culprit to my turmoil. I don't have the real know how to spend a lot of time rooting out the evil of this little problem. I bought a Belkin model # F5D7231-4   version 1213   which runs the 54mps with a higher option for specialty things.  David B.   I turned off everything off and plugged the new Belkin in place of the DLink..Turned everything back on. My son had the Dell set up to use Window's to manage the wireless system.. It immediately asked for the new key on my new router which I set up before I turned on my laptop..It also found 3 other wireless networks in my area which my Dlink has never picked up..  It works just fine from the very start.. I am very satisfied with my solution.. Although it may seem as a sort of a cop out to the trouble shooting seek and destroy method..

Mcoffman · Answer

I say whatever works is the way to go.  The 1390 card seems to have some compatability issues - although some people have written that they needed to update their router software to the newest settings and the issues disapeared.  Congrats!

mikemo2481 · Answer

With many of the Dell laptops, you can wirelessly be on the internet using either the Windows Network setup, or by running it through your Dell Wireless Card setup/Intel Card setup. The problem that everyone is having is that the Windows Network and the Dell/Intel Network are fighting each other to bring up web pages and actually stay connected to the internet. You just need to disable one or the other and it should work fine!

mikemo2481 · Answer

On the bottom right hand corner of the screen it shows all of your icons. One of them is the Intel icon. If you keep your cursor on it, it will tell you which one it is, because it's hard to describe. Anyways, right click on that and will bring up a little box with options. I'm trying to remember exactly how it was done (Last time I did it, it was 6 months ago), but you can either disable it right there, or left click on Properties and you can disable it from there.

You can double check and make sure your Windows is activated by going to the network connections and right click on the wireless connection option. This will either give you an enable or disable option!

Mcoffman · Answer

Could you give the exact directions to disable one or the other of the applications?  I think that would be a helpful post for people.

ward733 · Answer

Anytime that a modem is unplugged from the router or there is a change in configuration. The router and modem should be reset and the computer restarted. Make sur that the power and activity lights are on the modem and router. The router is not plug and play you must unplug the router to clear the rom and force an ip detect. The issue isnt within your wireless card.. Good luck..

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