What wireless card do you have in your system?? The router's firewall is not a problem, but be sure you have disabled WXP firewall. Change the channel in your router - the three nonoverlapping channels are 1, 6 and 11...if you are on 6, try 1....if that doesn't work, try channel 11.
Do you perhaps have "MAC Address Restriction" set up on your Linksys? I spent quite a while puzzling over a problem I had with a new laptop not being able to connect even though the signal was fine. I'd forgotten to add the wireless card's MAC address to the "permitted" list in the access point!
Thanks for all the help. I ended up going to Control Panel, Dell Wireless, Highlighting "Linksys" and clicking "Configure" . I was then connected. This seemed pretty obvious. Why didn't Dell suggest this? It seems this would be one of the first steps. I am much more educated about wireless systems over the past week through your replies. Thanks again.
justmeagain
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justmeagain
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August 28th, 2004 19:00
What wireless card do you have in your system?? The router's firewall is not a problem, but be sure you have disabled WXP firewall. Change the channel in your router - the three nonoverlapping channels are 1, 6 and 11...if you are on 6, try 1....if that doesn't work, try channel 11.
jwatt
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August 28th, 2004 22:00
Do you perhaps have "MAC Address Restriction" set up on your Linksys? I spent quite a while puzzling over a problem I had with a new laptop not being able to connect even though the signal was fine. I'd forgotten to add the wireless card's MAC address to the "permitted" list in the access point!
Jim
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August 30th, 2004 12:00