Hello Everybody,
So, my problem is with my Laptop and my router. My laptop rarely detects my secured home network, and when it does detect it, it's a coin toss if it connects or gives me the "cannot Connect" error.
Here is what i have.
Laptop: Inspiron 1520 with Intel Pro Wireless card. I'm running Vista Home Premium,
Router: Linksys WRT45GL running DD-WRT. I'm willing to switch back to the default linksys drivers if that would be better.
I'm using WPA2 AES/TKIP security.
Basically, i just want it to work correctly, I just want my laptop to detect and connect to my network. If not 100%, at least more than the 5% it's working right now. If anybody can give me some helpful advice, guides, or knows what's going on, that would be very helpful.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
How strong is the signal strength from the router?
If weak signal, dd-wrt gives you power control over the radio. And their was a problem with one of the releases. Which version are your running, Try the latest v24CR5. This is a candidate release, works better than v23SP2 -
When i connect it's always full bars reception. i'm in an apartment and i'm never more than 40 feet from my router. it's located about 6 feet off the ground and is on the wall.
I will try to update the firmware on the router in a little bit.(If i can find it on their annoying site), but here are a few of my router options just in case they might be an obvious reason it's not working. To be honest, this is my first venture into wireless networking, so i don't know the meaning of most of the options.
Firmware: DD-WRT v23 SP2 (09/15/06) std
Router Name - DD-WRT (Should that be the same as my network name?)
Radio is - On
Mode - AP
Network - Mixed
SSID - ******
Channel - 1
Xmit - 28 mW
DHCP Server - Enabled
Wireless Options,Basic Settings:
Wireless Mode - AP
Wireless Network Mode - Mixed
Wireless Channel - Auto
Wireless SSID Broadcast - Enabled
Sensitivity Range (ACK Timing) - 2000 Meters
MAC Radius Client - Disabled
Wireless Security:
Mode - WPA2 Pre-Shared Key Mixed
Encryption - TKIP
Key Renewal Interval (in seconds) - 3600
So, that's my router. obviously it has more settings, but those are the ones that i think matter, as i said, i'm no expert, so who knows.
Thanks.
Networking Woes.
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by FourForty, Dec 14, 2007.