http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14203751 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:43:18 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:43:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14219999 nlehrer : is it starting the linksys config util when the laptop comes up - the pgm that lets you edit the profile and check your connection? if yes, try exiting that and stoping and starting your card.

i have a new router a new card in a win2k laptop. i found that my card was connecting properly until the linksys util came up which broke the connection to the router and i never got the internet again. not starting the util generally fixed the problem.

1st level had no clue, just win2k is bad, winxp is good.

i got a second level tech. he said the same thing, but also said download the wifi software from boingo. yep, it works a lot better.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14219999 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:56:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14203751 ranger4444 : Linksys has thrown in the towel...

I'm pretty much at a loss about what to try next...

-Chris]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14203751 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:13:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14195160 ranger4444 : I have new info: my WPC55AG adapter card works in a Windows XP laptop. I was able to connect the Windows XP laptop to my router using the laptop owner's NETGEAR card, and then we installed and connected the Linksys WPC55AG card, which inturn allowed me to browse the Internet.

I think that means there's something about the installation of the adapter card on my own Windows 98/SE laptop that isn't properly executing.

Since this isn't supposed to be rocket science, and since the installation worked in the past, I also suspect the real problem lies within my own Windows 98/SE configuration, perhaps in the registry, perhaps something about not completely uninstalling previous attempts, etc., in any case something that prevents a proper installation of the TCP/IP protocol with the adapter card.

Any ideas?

-Chris]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14195160 Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:49:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14185453 ranger4444 : I have a Linksys WPC55AG notebook adapter in a laptop computer running Windows 98/SE, connecting through a Linksys WRT54GS router attached to a desktop compuuter running Windows XP. That set-up has been operating properly for approximately 7 months, and the wireless laptop connection to the Internet has been solid throughout that period.

The wired desktop computer continues to connect to the Internet via the wireless router. As before, everything works like a champ from the wired workstation.

Last week I had to dismount the notebook adapter to travel with the laptop, and the notebook adapter has not functioned since then.

(I did not "Stop" the card before dismounting. I had the laptop powered off, so I pulled the card for transport, intending to install it in the same PCMCIA slot (slot 1) before powering back up. I actually stuck it into slot 2, and powered up the laptop. Hasn't worked since, from either slot.)

Now the laptop adapter connects to the access point, but cannot find the Internet. The laptop with adapter is about 12" from the router/access point, signal strength is maximum, and link quality is maximum. I can PING any IP you can name including those of my service provider (69.250.192.198) and all its DNS IPs, or Yahoo (68.142.226.33), etc., I can PING my own computers by IP and by hostname (both directions), but I cannot ping an Internet URL such as www.comcast.net or www.yahoo.com.

I spent 7 or 8 hours on the phone with Linksys techs in Manila, with no resolution. I had already used the Linksys website to troubleshoot, e.g., Easy Answers #582, no joy. I had already uninstalled the McAfee firewall, thinking that might be an issue, also no joy. On the phone, Linksys techs had me change router and adapter settings, enable/disable WEP, 128-bit, 64-bit, change channels, reinstall software, download latest drivers and install, check IPs with IPCONFIG and WINIPCFG, PING various IPs all over the world, power down and reset the wireless router, set static IPs, specify specific gateways and/or DNS IPs, repeat ad nauseum, the problem remains.

IOW, I can always match router and adapter setting to associate the notebook adapter with the wireless access point, but I can't get the rascal to "find" the Internet -- and I can't use a browser to connect to any websites. IPCONFIG, WINIPCFG, PING, TRACERT, have become my constant companions.

I have continued an e-mail discussion with Linksys, again trying various options, including the most recent -- Linksys customer support forwarded a "CleanRegistry" utility -- but that didn't work either.

The adapter hardware is marked v1.1, the CD-ROM is marked v1.2, Windows Device Manager reports "This device is working properly" (hardware version 001, driver date 1-16-2004; the driver is v2.4.2.33, same as the one dated 1-30-2004 associated with hardware v1.0 on the Linksys website, written by Atheros 12-3-03).

Software both from the supplied CD-ROM and the newly downloaded version both seem identical (version numbers and dates) and both seem to install properly. Hardware also seems to install properly, though I do get a notice after inserting the Windows 98 disk (actually specifying the pathname to where the manufacturer stored all that stuff on the hard drive) that the TELNET version already on the laptop is newer than the one that would be installed if I let it do that.

I believe (but now have no records to support) that the network configuration with installed components when the adapter DID work were:
- Client for Microsoft Networks
- Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter
- TCP/IP Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter

At one point early on in the phone marathon with Manila, the installed network components after the adapter stopped working were:
- Client for Microsoft Networks
- Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter
- Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter
- TCP/IP Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter
- TCP/IP Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter

Note duplicates. One of the Linksys techs had me remove one of the duplicates, which had the effect of removing both. After that I was instructed to remove/reinstall the adapter software/hardware completely, and did so.

All subsequent installations end up with network configuration that looks like this:
- Client for Microsoft Networks
- Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter
- TCP/IP

That's typed as it appears; note the TCP/IP protocol is apparently no longer directly associated with the specific adapter. I can't seem to do anything during installation that creates such an association.

The last instruction from Linksys techs yesterday was to try this notebook adapter in another laptop, and if it doesn't work there, techs would assign an RMA to get a replacement adapter. I don't have access to another laptop.

My sense is that there's something about the software installation and the disassociation (or lack of association) of the TCP/IP protocol from the Dual-Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter... but I always get the same results from the installation process.

Or could it really be the hardware (card)?

Can anyone help?

Thanks, -Chris]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14185453 Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:06:29 EDT