Finally got around top putting F7 on my lappy & need a radio
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Mon Jun 4 18:46:01 UTC 2007
Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> However, I have that lappy booted to its XP install ATM, and while it
> sees the ESSID of both the card in the dd-wrt, and the neighbors too,
> it cannot connect, and according to the log of dd-wrt, it never gets
> as far as a DCHPREQUEST. So I still think a major part of the problem
> is that dd-wrt isn't even accepting any incoming packets from ath0.
>
> I'm looking at the properties of it under windows, and its using
> BCMWL5.SYS as a driver, version 4.10.40.1. It also says the device is
> working properly.
>
> IRQ=21, memory range C024000-C025FFF.
> I just now restricted both dd-wrt and the lappy to 11mbs. A new connection
> attempt isn't being logged by dd-wrt when I tell it to connect. I have even
> re-entered the wep key several times in the windows requester.
>
> I don't think its transmitting even under windows as I've triggered a scan on
> my sniffer several times while windows says its trying to connect without it
> showing up. I _think_ I'm seeing the beacon from the dd-wrt. Only thing I
> can do to confirm that is to turn it off. Which I just did, and no signals
> were detected while windows was attempting a connection.
>
> So I'm going to clean up and take the lappy to where I bought it, along with
> a 3 year warranty, and see if they can make it work.
>
Dumb question - does this laptop have a switch to disconnect the
WiFi card from the antena? I have both a switch like that, and a
hotkey on my laptop to turn WiFi on and off. I have had to "fix" a
couple of people's laptops where the switch was off. (Under Windows,
if you hit the WiFi key with the switch off, there is a popup
telling you you have it turned off.)
Mikkel
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