im guys and gals, i got a new HP Pavilion dv5094EA, two weeks ago and im having problems with the wireless network card, i dont know alot about computers so pleas try to keep it simple. i got the computer and i cant get the wifi to work, it will work on simple set up with no secure set up but not with WPA set up, when i plug in a external belkin wifi card i can get this to work with out any problem with WPA set up, but i would like to use the built in card cause the belkin one is my G/Fs. the built in one is a Broadcom 802.11g card. the router is a belkin one that also used with two desktops, my g/f laptop and a PDA with out any problems, like i say when i add the external belkin wifi card that also works. so where am i going wrong?? spent 2 hour on phone to HP and still they could not solve it, kept blaming the router!!!
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Perhaps a card driver/router firmware update will help.
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thanks , but tryed that, still not working correctly,
still
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Does your notebook have an ethernet port on it? If it does then try and find a place that has free internet service and download the latest drivers from broadcom's website.
If this doesn't work then go to a bestbuy or compusa and have them service it for you. Make sure to tell them the exact problems. They will however, charge you to service it depending on the severity of the problem it may cost a few bucks.
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It might be a compatibility problem. Broadcom and Atheros (who may or may not have made the chipset in your router) seem to be in a fight at the moment. I had a similar problem with my new Compaq V2000z which also has a Broadcom chipset. I disabled the 4x (or turbo or whatever terminology your router uses) mode on my older D-Link router and things started working.
You can read about the alleged (but pretty obvious) incompatibility here: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113428,00.asp
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Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by essex_joe, May 13, 2006.