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i8600 Dell Wireless 1450 problem
Just got an 8600, and I'm having a wierd problem with it. Hopefully someone can help because the last thing I want to do is call 'Tech' support!
First, here are the pertanent specs:
D-Link Wireless router DI-624 (using WEP)
Dell Wireless 1450 dual Band WLAN mini-pci
Windoze XP-SP2
I8600
One of the first things I discovered, was that if I used the Dell config program, there was no getting the card to connet. It picked up the network, excellent signal, but I never could get it to work.
So, I went to the windows config. Got everything working... mostly.
Here's the issue: Whenever I reboot, all comes up and works like a champ. Good speed (54Mpbs) excellent reception. No connection problems.
However, whenever I come out of STANDBY, the wireless connection symbol in the system tray says that it's trying to get an IP. Funny thing is, and ipconfig command shows that it HAS the correct address for the computer, everythings connected, and All Is Well.
When this happens, I can still connect to the network with no problems, but the searching symbol never goes away.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
First, here are the pertanent specs:
D-Link Wireless router DI-624 (using WEP)
Dell Wireless 1450 dual Band WLAN mini-pci
Windoze XP-SP2
I8600
One of the first things I discovered, was that if I used the Dell config program, there was no getting the card to connet. It picked up the network, excellent signal, but I never could get it to work.
So, I went to the windows config. Got everything working... mostly.
Here's the issue: Whenever I reboot, all comes up and works like a champ. Good speed (54Mpbs) excellent reception. No connection problems.
However, whenever I come out of STANDBY, the wireless connection symbol in the system tray says that it's trying to get an IP. Funny thing is, and ipconfig command shows that it HAS the correct address for the computer, everythings connected, and All Is Well.
When this happens, I can still connect to the network with no problems, but the searching symbol never goes away.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
- Actually, this is easy to fix. In Windows XP:
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Click START
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Click SETTINGS
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Click NETWORK CONNECTIONS
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Right mouse click on the Wireless Connection
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Click PROPERTIES
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Uncheck the very bottom box, where it says "Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity."
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Click the "OK" button
That's it. The same thing is happening on my Inspiron 700m, using the Windows XP wireless utility (as I can't use the Intel one; I'm having a problem with it. See this thread for more info on my issue: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_network&message.id=28637)
Message Edited by HansFelsh on 03-09-2005 08:35 AM
Message Edited by HansFelsh on 03-09-2005 08:35 AM
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ColSonders
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Posted March 7th, 2005 07:00
This seems to be a common problem with the inspirons, loads of posts about it with seemingly no answer.
I personally don't use any sort of stand by intentionally (my laptop basically gets used as a desktop with little to no power saving features turned on) but I have had my laptop come out of hibernation only for it to not autoconnect back up to the wireless network.
However after a bit of time it would reconnect itself.
You could try bringing up the dos command prompt and type ipconfig /release
This will release the IP address that your card has already gained from DHCP and should allow it to pick up the IP address correctly, other than that set a static IP address on that card (although I had problems getting that working and gave up in the end)