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September 28th 08, 03:28 PM
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Vista doesnt connect to Linksys wireless network
ugh! All of a suden my kid's Vista Dell laptop can not connect to our home
network. It used to work fine. It wouldn't connect, we recycled the router a number of times and all of a sudden it connected. It won't connect this morning again. Here's the details. Please help...ed Laptop connects fine to her school wireless network Linksys WR54GS router Router firmware updated to latest version 1.52 I have a XP laptop, a Mac, XBOX Live and a XP desktop that all connect fine The router is broadcasting the SSID Dell's wireless config utility sees the radio and has strong signal strength No securtity except for MAC address filtering; MAC address entered correctly Router does not see the Dell laptop as active when viewing MAC addresses Tried with MAC address filtering off. Same results 
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September 28th 08, 05:49 PM
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Vista doesnt connect to Linksys wireless network
Hi
Make sure that the original manufacturer's Wireless utility is Not loaded and working. Clean up the Preferred Wireless Network List, and make sure that the advanced feature are checked correctly. Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Zap" wrote in message ... ugh! All of a suden my kid's Vista Dell laptop can not connect to our home network. It used to work fine. It wouldn't connect, we recycled the router a number of times and all of a sudden it connected. It won't connect this morning again. Here's the details. Please help...ed Laptop connects fine to her school wireless network Linksys WR54GS router Router firmware updated to latest version 1.52 I have a XP laptop, a Mac, XBOX Live and a XP desktop that all connect fine The router is broadcasting the SSID Dell's wireless config utility sees the radio and has strong signal strength No securtity except for MAC address filtering; MAC address entered correctly Router does not see the Dell laptop as active when viewing MAC addresses Tried with MAC address filtering off. Same results
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September 30th 08, 12:09 PM
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Vista doesnt connect to Linksys wireless network
I turned off all security on the router manually but I can try calling them.
"+Bob+" wrote: On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:28:01 -0700, Zap wrote: ugh! All of a suden my kid's Vista Dell laptop can not connect to our home network. It used to work fine. It wouldn't connect, we recycled the router a number of times and all of a sudden it connected. It won't connect this morning again. Here's the details. Please help...ed Laptop connects fine to her school wireless network Linksys WR54GS router Router firmware updated to latest version 1.52 I have a XP laptop, a Mac, XBOX Live and a XP desktop that all connect fine The router is broadcasting the SSID Dell's wireless config utility sees the radio and has strong signal strength No securtity except for MAC address filtering; MAC address entered correctly Router does not see the Dell laptop as active when viewing MAC addresses Tried with MAC address filtering off. Same results If you call LInksys, they will have you download a program that shuts off all security and then try again. I suggest you do that manually and see if it works.
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September 30th 08, 12:09 PM
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Vista doesnt connect to Linksys wireless network
I did clean up the wireless list to no avail. I know Dell's utility is there
but this worked and then just stopped after a reboot of the router. Wierd. "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote: Hi Make sure that the original manufacturer's Wireless utility is Not loaded and working. Clean up the Preferred Wireless Network List, and make sure that the advanced feature are checked correctly. Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Zap" wrote in message ... ugh! All of a suden my kid's Vista Dell laptop can not connect to our home network. It used to work fine. It wouldn't connect, we recycled the router a number of times and all of a sudden it connected. It won't connect this morning again. Here's the details. Please help...ed Laptop connects fine to her school wireless network Linksys WR54GS router Router firmware updated to latest version 1.52 I have a XP laptop, a Mac, XBOX Live and a XP desktop that all connect fine The router is broadcasting the SSID Dell's wireless config utility sees the radio and has strong signal strength No securtity except for MAC address filtering; MAC address entered correctly Router does not see the Dell laptop as active when viewing MAC addresses Tried with MAC address filtering off. Same results
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September 30th 08, 12:33 PM
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Vista doesnt connect to Linksys wireless network
How many "Profiles" does she have configured. Did this issue surface 'after'
she started back to school? Many public institutions have finally given some thought to security. I would wonder if there is something in the her school appropriate configuration that does not allow your, possibly, less secure non-certified WLAN to connect? Just guessing. Fortunately, Vista does allow an alternate profile. Select the alternate profile, the start from scratch with configuring it to access your home network. If that solves the problem - allow her to use one for school and the other when connecting at home. "Zap" wrote in message ... ugh! All of a suden my kid's Vista Dell laptop can not connect to our home network. It used to work fine. It wouldn't connect, we recycled the router a number of times and all of a sudden it connected. It won't connect this morning again. Here's the details. Please help...ed Laptop connects fine to her school wireless network Linksys WR54GS router Router firmware updated to latest version 1.52 I have a XP laptop, a Mac, XBOX Live and a XP desktop that all connect fine The router is broadcasting the SSID Dell's wireless config utility sees the radio and has strong signal strength No securtity except for MAC address filtering; MAC address entered correctly Router does not see the Dell laptop as active when viewing MAC addresses Tried with MAC address filtering off. Same results
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September 30th 08, 12:44 PM
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Vista doesnt connect to Linksys wireless network
Turns out she is on the wire at school. She connects to one of her friend's
in-dorm wireless routers. I cleared all profiles. Weird thing is that the laptop was just sitting on the kitchen table and it connected, with MAC filtering on. The router was reset the next day and the laptop can't connect. I see the MAC address in the inactive list on the router. i even turned MAC filtering off and reset both the router and laptop. It used to work fine. As a matter of fact it worked this summer connected to a rental house wireless and then fine when we got back home. I don't get it. Can this have anything to do with MTU? I know XBox Live has issues with that. "beoweolf" wrote: How many "Profiles" does she have configured. Did this issue surface 'after' she started back to school? Many public institutions have finally given some thought to security. I would wonder if there is something in the her school appropriate configuration that does not allow your, possibly, less secure non-certified WLAN to connect? Just guessing. Fortunately, Vista does allow an alternate profile. Select the alternate profile, the start from scratch with configuring it to access your home network. If that solves the problem - allow her to use one for school and the other when connecting at home. "Zap" wrote in message ... ugh! All of a suden my kid's Vista Dell laptop can not connect to our home network. It used to work fine. It wouldn't connect, we recycled the router a number of times and all of a sudden it connected. It won't connect this morning again. Here's the details. Please help...ed Laptop connects fine to her school wireless network Linksys WR54GS router Router firmware updated to latest version 1.52 I have a XP laptop, a Mac, XBOX Live and a XP desktop that all connect fine The router is broadcasting the SSID Dell's wireless config utility sees the radio and has strong signal strength No securtity except for MAC address filtering; MAC address entered correctly Router does not see the Dell laptop as active when viewing MAC addresses Tried with MAC address filtering off. Same results
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