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Studio 15 Wlan Problem
Hi, Yesterday i got my Studio 15, i installed the updates over the lan cable, then i wanted to try the WLan. But i couldn't connect with the Router. I tried everything, I also set it back to Factory configuration. I have a Netgear FWG144P WLan router with the newest Firmware ( 2005). I tried to find new drivers for the Wlan card (Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g) but nothing helped. The Router has a WPA-PSK key with 8 numbers and a TKIP encryption. Everytime i try to connect, Windows says, it is the wrong key. The device controll for the Wlancard says, that encrtiption is deactivated and shows a strange IP. I hope you can help me! MfG Guru
BruceVi
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Posted December 21st, 2008 09:00
Starting from the back, windows uses a particular IP address as the "all else fails have this" IP address. Generally 169.254.x.x this just means the laptop never had a productive conversation with the router . . .
This Autoallocation address can let you do clever stuff with this in a big corporate environment but at home it is therefore just a flag that automatic IP address allocation has failed.
Worth checking that the 8 key numbers are being enntered as the same sort of string at both ends . .some routers/cards default take it as binary, hex, ASCII text etc and clearly it needs to be entered as the same both ends :-)
Unless you need to keep the router in service I would experimentally AND temporarily turn off encryption totally at the router and the laptop and see what happens.