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9300 Wireless Connection Issues

Discussion in 'Dell' started by 69tr6r, Sep 24, 2006.

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Hi, new here and having trouble with an Inspiron 9300. It has the Intel PROset wireless, and I'm having trouble going to web sites using a wireless router. The signal strength is excellent but for some reason, the browser just sits there. I can get to my homepage no problem (Google) but when I try to go anywhere else it just times out. BTW, I've tried it on two different wireless networks with the same result. I also have an Inspiron 1150 that runs fine on this same network. Dell just blames it on my network or my security settings. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

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Anyone else have this problem or hear about it? The laptop is new but Dell doesn't think there is a problem so I'm stuck!

69tr6r, Sep 25, 2006

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Have you tried pluggin in your ethernet cable ? This could help determine if it is the card or XP.

Couple of other suggestions:
1.) update your wifi driver which can be downloaded from support.dell.com
2.) disable all of your firewalls/security options.

SG

Amber, Sep 25, 2006

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