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D-Link Extreme G 624 w/ a TM1300
Hi everyone,
I'm posting here since D-Link Extreme G 624 didn't have an answer.
Whenever I startup my I5150 (w/ TM1300) the wireless internet
connection starts out good but then I lose it. If I startup my
desktop and reboot the router thru the routers administration
page the wireless network is up and running again and everything
is hunky dory.
I enabled adminstration from wireless client and now everytime
I startup my notebook the first thing I do is login to the D-
Links admin page and reboot the router b4 I lose connectivity
and then am forced to have to either reboot the notebook or reboot
the router from the desktop.
Does anyone have any clue as to what could be the culprit? I've
downlaoded the latest drivers and firmware packages and I've
got WPA-PSK enabled and mac filtering and I disabled ssid broadcast.
I hate the fact that I have to have the option for connecting
to router from a wireless client enabled because its a security
compromise but as of now I really have no choice.
Can anyone help me cuz D-Link sure are clueless. My
limited understanding of wireless networking and the symptoms
exhibited so far is that maybe there is some kind of authentication
happenning at startup that fails and thats why I lose connectivity,
it doesn't really make sense though because the notebook has
wireless connectivity for approximately 3-5 minutes after startup
until whatever is happening causes the notebook to be cut off
from the loop.
Please help, thanks.
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Posted October 1st, 2003 20:00
ok, this is really weird. When I disable the "Let windows control the wireless connection checkbox" and I goto the wireless utility for the tm1300 theres no option for wpa-psk, only wep and some kind of phrase entry w/ hexadecimal? or ascii? whatever that means.
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Posted October 1st, 2003 20:00
Sorry about the crosspost John but I became aware of the new wireless forum after I posted on the inspiron:network forum and I wasn't sure if people will ignore the post since theres a dedicated wireless forum or not so I just thought I'd cover all bases.
I will try what u said though thanks.
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Posted October 2nd, 2003 03:00
Unfortunately WPA is only suported under the Windows utility so far...366
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Posted October 4th, 2003 22:00
Try enabling SSID broadcast. Disabling SSID can cause disconnects.
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Posted October 13th, 2003 09:00
I have a TruMobile 1300 in my i8500 with the D-Link Extreme G624 and have problems with the 1300 losing connection....so I went thru the Dell forum today and found a fix? I can't really comment on the success but this maybe the solution.
Configure your 1300 and use a static ip address instead of going thru DHCP on the G624
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Posted November 24th, 2003 17:00
There is a firmware upgrade for this D-Link router that addresses a similar issue. Try searching for it on D-Link's website. Please let us know if it helps because I'm about to buy the same wireless card/router combination that you have.366
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Posted November 24th, 2003 18:00
I actually returned it and went back to the truemobile 2300. Turned out my problem was caused by ZoneAlarm not configured correctly. I didn't tell ZoneAlarm (firewall, absolutely awesome one too) that I had a home network setup with NAT enabled.
Right now I can't remember the last time I had a disconnect. Yup, its been that good. I don't shy away from downloading big size files like game demos etc.
Hope that helps. BTW, if u still haven't bought a router I would suggest you try out the new Netgear router and card. They deliver a maximum data throughput of 110mps!!! Double the current 802.11G standard speed!!!
Very nice if u need to move huge files between your desktop and wireless notebook or even streaming music or video from your desktop so u don't have to bog down precious hd space on your notebook with large media files and there isn't any huge difference in price either.
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Posted April 9th, 2004 14:00
Are you guys using the ExtremeG 624 model capable of 108mbs? If so does it work well? Is the 108mbs speed supported by the 1300 Truemobile NIC card??
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Posted October 1st, 2003 19:00
I would set your network info in the 1300 driver's Advanced tab area, and use the TrueMobile utility to control the 1300 and not Windows.
[edit] I just read Ryans post about the new Wireless forum and see this is a crosspost!
Message Edited by johnallg on 10-01-2003 04:52 PM