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April 17th, 2007 01:00

Wireless Network Recognition

I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 with a Truemobile 1300 wireless card running Windows XP pro. I recently bought a new 802.11g Linksys router and configured its network as WEP secured with a 26-ch network key. Although my Inspiron "sees" this network, and reports it as a secured available network, it will not receive the signal and only picks up a non-secure signal from a neighbor. When I insert the network key in the appropriate field, I do not get an error message, but I do not receive the signal from my router either. I note that when I enter the network key tab in the utility, there is a hidden 8-ch code there by default. I replace it with my 26-ch key, but get no response. I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
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    Posted April 17th, 2007 06:00

    Hi,
     
    It seems to be a problem with Interference. Do you have other computers connected through the router; Wired or Wireless? If not, have a wired connection from the router to the computer. Check if you can go online. If you can, Open Internet Explorer and in the address bar, type http://192.168.1.1 and at the login prompt, Leave the username blank and type password as admin. On this page, click on Wireless Tab and change channels to 1, 6 or 11. Below is a screenshot of this page.
     
    Rgds
     
    Best-Try (Chris)
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    Posted April 19th, 2007 02:00

    Thanks for the suggestion. I re-configured the router to broadcast on Channel 6 (it had been on ch.1), and now the Dell LAN Utility shows that I have an "associated" connection, and reports a normal signal strength, but the "bars" in the system tray report no connection, and I'm not able to connect. The Card obviously detects the network. Why isn't it connecting?