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Old 01-05-2006, 04:00 AM
Steve Winograd [MVP]
 
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Default Re: Dell 1350 WLAN will not connect to Hawking HWR54G

In article <gvadnXXPpPGl-vPenZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d@comcast.com>, "Tony"
<none@none.com> wrote:
>I have recently set up a 802.11g network in my home using the HWR54G
>wireless router. Everything at home works great, using Hawking's wireless
>adapters in my home PCs. I occasionally bring my laptop from work to my
>home, and it is a Dell D600 with a Dell 1350 integrated WLAN adapter. It
>connects just fine when I bring it to hotels, etc, but at home it will not
>hook up with the HWR54G. It associates enough to try to get an IP address,
>but always ends up with 0.0.0.0. Tried a bunch of stuff, including
>configuring both the wireless router and the Dell to 802.11b, but same
>problem. Looking for help.


Have you set up MAC address filtering on the wireless router? If so,
add the Dell WLAN adapter to the allowed list.

Make sure that you've specified the right encryption type and key.

If that doesn't help, I'd try posting in the Dell wireless networking
community forum:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfor...id=si_wireless
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