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December 31st, 2003 02:00
Wireless connection drops out...
I have had a wireless network running in my home for over a year now and had been using a Linksys WPC11 PCMCIA card for my i8500 until yesterday when I installed a TM1300. My network is 128 bit encrypted and has WEP enabled. I have set up the new connection with the TM1300 including the security settings, and can connect to the network just fine......for about three minutes at a time before the connection drops and Win XP instantly tells me that one or more wireless connections are available & I then have to (complete this run-on sentence) re-connect to my network. I am running a Linksys BEFW11S router as my access point.
Any ideas where I should start looking for a fix for this extremely annoying glitch? It's driving me around the bend. I didn't have this problem with the PCMCIA card, nor at the arena I was photographing at tonight: They have wireless high speed access available, and the network popped right up, and the connection never dropped.
Any help would be _most_ appreciated.
johnallg
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December 31st, 2003 18:00
Muskoka143
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January 1st, 2004 18:00
John,
Thanks for the pointer. I went through a long list of the 1300+BEFW11S postings, and ultimately ended up turning off WEP and removing the 1300 from my hardware manager. I then reinstalled the 1300. I had a strong connection, and internet access. I then turned WEP back on (128-bit) with a new network key. I entered the new network key on my i8500, and have not looked back.
Where exactly I went right in this remains a mystery to me but it's encrypted, it doesn't drop out, and it works.
RobAtPace
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January 2nd, 2004 04:00
network security is nice when you live in a condo, apartment, or semi attached home. otherwise it is useless, as most wireless networks die out by the time you walk out of your house.
i found my pc worked better without the wep.
johnallg
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January 3rd, 2004 22:00
truehart
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January 4th, 2004 19:00
I am having the same trouble with dell truemobil wlan 1300 the network is dropping out every few minuts. What is the best thread?
How do i put a downloaded drive in the hardware?
ERIK
raston
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January 5th, 2004 00:00
Try this.
In wireless connection properties, click on your network, click on Properties, click on the authentication tab, and uncheck the "Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this Network".
Worked for me.
truehart
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January 5th, 2004 16:00
I tried didn't help. Every time the networks drop. I have change the setting to shared again. What else can I try? The drivers are renewed. Is this a typical dell problem? What is the basic cause? is it windows? or the network adapter? The accesspoint? or the router.
RobAtPace
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January 10th, 2004 04:00
600m_uzr
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January 10th, 2004 12:00
The threads I found still didn't solve my problem (dropping and having to reconnect every 5 minutes), here is what finally worked for my TM 1300 with DLink router:
- download and install the latest drivers from Dell web site for Dell Truemobile 1300
- go to wireless connection options, and uncheck "use windows to configure my wireless networks"
- go to control panel, select "TrueMobile 1300 client utility" (easier to find in classic view of control panel)
- removed the existing network (it was my old one)
- create a new one with the right properties (I actually ended up having to rename my ssid and create it as new, but I don't know if this was absolutely necessary)
That was a few days ago, and I don't have the problem anymore. I am using wep and not broadcasting my ssid, so I don't think you should have to turn off encryption to get this to work.
FYI, here are some things I tried that didn't help before I started using Dell client to control it:
- turn off wep encryption
- broadcast my ssid
- change the channel of my network (found my neighbor was using channel 6 by downloading and running NetStumbler from www.netstumbler.com).