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Flyinace2000

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July 3rd, 2003 19:00

WPC54G

I can not get my new LinkSys wpc54g pc card to work with my Inspirion Laptop...  I have tried all the "latest" drivers and even called Dell's so called award winning support. Linksys says that the ports miight be 6 bit in withc case th bios would have to be updated.  That was done and i am now running the As23 Bios from Dell.  The card still does not work.  It pwers up fine.  The other computers on the wireless network work fine.  This laptop is still giving me a head ache.  Anyone ever experiance this.  Thanks

 

-Will

tlsullivan

8 Posts

November 4th, 2003 10:00

<< my post was confusing I guess. the system file is on the cd and when asked for , I insert the cd and the file is retrived and installation continues. Thanks for the offer though. >>

OK.  Good luck with the replacement.

Tammy

dpage44

8 Posts

November 4th, 2003 11:00

Thats just it. I'm on my 2nd card and 2nd access point and still it won't work. The first card came from Page computers in Memphis TN, the 2nd from thier warehouse in California. The first AP I bought new on Ebay and the 2nd is a certified tested warranty replacement from Linksys. I just don't see getting a second bad one from different sources.I have to ask myself: What is different on my 2500 from the other dell users that this system works on? I don't have that answer and I'm running out of patience messing with this G system when a B card works perfectly

 

dpage44

8 Posts

November 7th, 2003 16:00

Well my patience has run out. I sent back the WAP54G and the WPC54G. I'm going with a "B" card. I did received a link today from Linksys to a site of a fellow who got a patch from a 02 Micro Card Controller engineer that may fix the problem.

http://home.insightbb.com/~scottlandon/

I though I would pass it on here. I will never know if it worked....UPS picked up my WPC54G an hour ago

yannella

9 Posts

November 8th, 2003 13:00

Linksys, Dell and Microsoft technical support could not stop my Inspiron 2100 from feezing when I inserted my Notebook adapter (Linksys wpc54G).  So I bought a Microsoft wireless adapter and got the same problem, even though I hired a local computer troubleshooter to look at it.  We finally solved the problem by using the Linksys wireless compact USB adapter instead of the PCMCIA slot.

sawyer1

6 Posts

November 25th, 2003 00:00

Thanks for the Updates.....After about 6 hours of tech support Time and 2   wwpc54g   Cards I ;am just about to give up.  I can get the card to see my router but only by using the first edition of the Drivers from linksys.  They have a driver specifically for computers with a Texas Instruments Card Bus Controller .  Like My Dell inspiron 8000.  PIII 256MB 30gb hd.  windows XP home Latest Microsoft updates.. .....  This is really getting frustrating......Is it just not possible to use these wireless 54g cards.......Oh yea I also tried the D-link 54g card..... Help...I have installed and reinstalled many times and ways including uninstall followed by sys restore to  a much earlier time.  I have been connected to the router using the original driver.  i.e. signal excellent connected at "54mbs"  However I could not connect to the internet..."According to linksys because the DHCP Server in the router was assigning an address starting with 169.xxx.x.x (Subnet mask 255.255.0.0 )  VS the 192.xxx.x.x like the starting IP address of the router (192.168.1.1 and Subnet 255.255.255.0).  Hope this gives someone a clue to help us all.    Thanks Jim Majors

dig_it01

1 Message

November 28th, 2003 00:00

I had a hard time installing my linksys wpc54g card on my Inspiron 1100 with my wrt54g router off my dell 4300 both with xp. Took me 2 days to figure it out and alot of research at linksys, dslreports, and other forums, but it's up and running well. First off I had to download the new driver for xp from linksys, saved it to my desktop then read the installation file and it tells you how to install the driver you will be using windows wireless zero conf. program not the wlan monitor in the setup cd that came with the card, it still took me awhile to get it but it's working. Then you have to go to  start>settings>control panel  >system, then click on hardware tab, then device manager, click on network devices and wireless notebook card should be there, click on at and install new driver. Then it should work I hope for you it's very frustrating if you need any help email me at dig_it01@hotmail.com

sawyer1

6 Posts

December 1st, 2003 22:00

Did all that as well and it still would not let me connect to the internet...even if I set my IP address manually.  The Linksys Tech reps finally gave up and said that it must just not be compatible......I think I'll wait 6 months and try again!!

Frostbyte13

2 Posts

September 2nd, 2004 22:00

I have found a possible fix for this issue. If you go into the router configuration, wirless tab, and then advanced wireless settings. Check these settings....1.      Shut down the PC and unplug the WPC54G. 2.      Power up the computer and plug the WPC54G back in.3.      When Windows loads, you should not get an error anymore.  If you do, please do the following on your Wireless Access Point or Wireless Router.  Then, repeat steps 1 and 2.  If one of the steps work, then you can stop at that step.a.      Power down your Wireless Access Point or Wireless Router for 60 seconds then power it back up.b.      Disable any Wireless MAC Filtering.c.      Set the “Beacon Intervalâ€� to 50d.      Set the “Fragmentation Thresholdâ€� to 2304.Then try to connect.

sawyer1

6 Posts

September 22nd, 2004 20:00

I have the same machine with Win XP home and could not get the 54G card from linksys or from DLink to work.  After hours of phone support on reformat of the hard drive and many installs and uninstalls I decided the Technology is NOT READY for Prime Time!!

My wired network works like a peach eh!

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