Troubleshoot as normal if you haven't. Try everything at default settings and then work your way up. That means trying to connect with SSID broadcast on and encryption off. Change the settings on the router and the notebook card to this and see if you have any luck. If you can connect that way you can start playing around until you can see what settings are causing the problem.
As always, please make sure you're using the latest firmware and drivers on all products.
My impression is that even pre XP SP2 there was a small software conflict between XP's control of wireless cards and the card software's control applet.
I sense this is why Dell is cautioning to ensure that before installing XP SP2 one should download and install the latest NIC and wireless card drivers.
If you have already installed XP SP2, update the card drivers anyway if you have yet to do so.
I would first ensure that the check marks in the wireless card's OEM software applet that says something like "let this applet control..." is unchecked. Then run the XP wireless wizard to activate the wireless card after updating the drivers.
My XP SP2 installation on a weeks-old Inspiron 1150 crippled the laptop, requiring a full Win XP Home and SP2 reinstall.
Post-reinstall, the 1350 card as well as the integrated NIC, work flawlessly. Setup using the improved XP networking setup procedure was impressively easy.
Also, run the network wizard to ensure that the SP2 upgrade didn't switch off file and printer sharing, if you had that active as well.
Agreed ... I like XP's control a lot better than the third party wireless applets out there ... if nothing else XP is by definition the same across users
NemesisDB
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September 6th, 2004 02:00
Troubleshoot as normal if you haven't. Try everything at default settings and then work your way up. That means trying to connect with SSID broadcast on and encryption off. Change the settings on the router and the notebook card to this and see if you have any luck. If you can connect that way you can start playing around until you can see what settings are causing the problem.
As always, please make sure you're using the latest firmware and drivers on all products.
PolarUpgrade
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September 7th, 2004 02:00
My impression is that even pre XP SP2 there was a small software conflict between XP's control of wireless cards and the card software's control applet.
I sense this is why Dell is cautioning to ensure that before installing XP SP2 one should download and install the latest NIC and wireless card drivers.
If you have already installed XP SP2, update the card drivers anyway if you have yet to do so.
I would first ensure that the check marks in the wireless card's OEM software applet that says something like "let this applet control..." is unchecked. Then run the XP wireless wizard to activate the wireless card after updating the drivers.
My XP SP2 installation on a weeks-old Inspiron 1150 crippled the laptop, requiring a full Win XP Home and SP2 reinstall.
Post-reinstall, the 1350 card as well as the integrated NIC, work flawlessly. Setup using the improved XP networking setup procedure was impressively easy.
Also, run the network wizard to ensure that the SP2 upgrade didn't switch off file and printer sharing, if you had that active as well.
NemesisDB
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September 7th, 2004 03:00
Agreed ... I like XP's control a lot better than the third party wireless applets out there ... if nothing else XP is by definition the same across users