I just purchased 4 laptops, Dell m1210, Acer 5680, toshiba a105s4254 and a Gateway MX6447. All connect to my wireless router seamlessly except the Gateway. It has a Broadcom adapter driver
version 4.10.40.0. My router is a USR8054. I can see all wireless
networks but when I try to connect I get this error "Windows could not
connect to this network. There might be interference between this
computer and the network access point, or the network is refusing
access to this compter." . I have removed all security to no avail. I
have tried connecting through the broadcom utility with WZC disabled
and then I also tried disabling the Broadcom wireless network utility
and used WIndows XP to manage my network connections. Tried unstalling
the Broadcom adapter and reinstalling. Still no result.
Gateway tech support says it is not their problem. Running Windows xp
media center. Does anyone know where I can begin?
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
Make sure all of your nb are set to connect to the AP only and not other pc's. This is an advanced setting for wireless connections (MZC).
Will the gateway connect to any other wireless networks? If not you have a bad card and send it back.
Have you tried to do a adhoc setup to test the card? (notebook to notebook)
I does sound more like a driver issue if the card is good. If it can not connect to a open network. Are you doing any mac filtering? if so disable.
Do you have your router set to allow that many IP address. I had one client restrict the DHCP to a small number of connections, like 4. Then could not add another pc because all of the ip's were taken. Default setting are generally 50+.
Some drivers require you to install older drivers then update. The updater does not contain all of the files needed.
Gateway wireless issue
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by peterwelk, Dec 30, 2006.