Wireless Card Not Seeing Networks

Question

I have a Latitude D610 with a Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini PCI Card. It was working fine until I downloaded a Windows update and now it does not see any wireless networks. I have tried updating the driver from Dell's website, rolling back to a previous driver, and Pressing Fn+F2 to turn the wireless on and off. Under network connections it says the wireless is enabled. I know the wireless networks are there because I have a hand held device that picks them up with no problems. Any suggestions?

volcano11 · Answer

If you open Network Connections and right click your wireless network connection, what is the first item listed in the menu that comes up?   Do you use Windows to manage your wireless networks or the Dell Utility?   Steve

volcano11 · Answer

I prefer having Windows manage the wireless networks.  This is because the Windows utility is very sleek and simple and is much easier to troubleshoot when there are problems.  I let the Dell Utility put an icon in the system tray because I the colored bars provide a better visual clue of the quality of the connection, but I don't run the actually utility unless I need to use the diagnostics on the wireless adapter (rare occassion).   Stev

cshaip · Answer

Thanks for the response. I ended up just doing a system restore to just before I downloaded the update. Wireless is working fine now. For future reference, is it better to have Windows manage the networks or the Dell utility?

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Wireless Card Not Seeing Networks

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