Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG question

OK so I jsut got an Extensa 5620-6830 that has this wireless card installed. I have a Linksys WAP55AG access point that has both an A & G connection. The laptop sees the G connection, but not the A. I tried both the Acer driver that is on the website, and the latest Intel driver as well. Both wires are attached to the wireless card, although they were backwards, not sure if that matters at all but I switched them back. Now its not a big deal because I will more than likely use the G connection, but I am trying to figure out why its not seeing A. I am running my own copy of Vista 64 Ultimate, and then installed all the drivers for the hardware that I downloaded from Acer, so I dont have whatever bloatware would be installed. I am awaiting a recovery CD, but if installing that isnt going to fix it, i'd prefer not to waste all the time to install it, and then go back and reinstall Ultimate 64. Any advice? Intel support wont help since its an OEM card, and Acer wont help because I am not running the OEM software. TIA!

 

first of why would you want A when you have G ?
my router linksys wrk54g has a setup screen that lets you switch from a to g.
or you can run mixed a and g.
my laptop will only see the better strength connection and just did a test for you.when i switch to A the net is so slow tried B as well. and thats just as painful.
but would like to here why you need A

 

I don't NEED A, but the hardware is there for it, so I'd like to make sure it works if need be. It also opens up more chances of connecting to hotspots as well.

I know the A signal does work though, I have a desktop with an A&G card and that can connect to either.

 

A seems a good idea now after looking about it seems it would give you better internet access in a busy work environment or access point. good idea ray
link stolen from Krazy (cheers mate) http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=308

have a read ray.
let us know how you get on mate

 

Thanks for the link. Thats pretty much information I knew already. I'm wondering is it possible for a wireless card to lose one conection type and not the other? Seems odd.