Hey guys,
First post here, although I have been reading for weeks some previous threads.
Firstly, here are my specs:
Dell Inspiron 1520 with a Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN mini-card
Windows Vista
My laptop has always worked wireless, no issues. I could always look up networks and connect if I had the password or if it was unsecured. But nowadays I cannot even see networks most of the time. But I know there are like 50 networks in range, all my roommates receive them and I live in a city. However, when I open up the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility and click Site Monitor, I can see all the networks constantly being refreshed. But I cannot see them inside the "Connect to a Network" screen. Eventually, if I leave my computer open for 30 minutes or so, it will find the network and connect and everything will work until I close the laptop.
Does anyone have ANY ideas? I've never heard of something like this.
Jason
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Have you done some maintenance to your computer lately? My be you need to clean some spywares or even viruses.
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Upon reading your suggestion, I downloaded both AVG and Spybot Search and Destory. It seemed to have worked originally, but maybe I just got faked out. Any other ideas?
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You could dump about $20 into a cheap pci wireless adapter card - that would be handy in determining if it is a virus/software issue or perhaps just a internal wireless card going on the fritz.
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31 days from warranty end, my wireless decided to stop working. I called Dell and they are sending a replacement wireless unit. In the interim, I'm using a Netgear usb device for replacement.
How long have you had your laptop? Wondering whether this device has some inherent issues?????
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I should have quoted you first. Is it out of warranty? -
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Dell Inspiron 1520 Wireless Connection Not Found
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by jmeuw, Sep 3, 2008.