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    r2 wireless connection problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by nakedshorts, Mar 18, 2010.

  1. nakedshorts

    nakedshorts Notebook Geek

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    wondering if anyone had problems or do i need to change settings. (still on hold at dell)

    I am getting signals from my router and neighbors but will not connect. Talked to bell south tech support for 2 hours and still can not figure it out. New wireless router from bellsouth yesterday

    other computers connect through wire but not tried wireless
     
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  2. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    AFAIK it should work out of the box. You can always download the latest wireless driver from Dell.com.
    Could try connecting to your neighbours' router to see if it works :p
     
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    nakedshorts Notebook Geek

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    neighbors are password protected. i even turned encription off on my modem and still will not connect. Dell guy is a moran and wants to do a restore. about to call back for a difer person
     
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    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    This happened on someone's laptop the other day. I could see wireless signals being broadcast, but couldn't connect. All I did was reinstall the driver.
     
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    nakedshorts Notebook Geek

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    ok problem solved. In device manager under network adaptors one of the tabs in that section had something about saving power, Did a few things in there restarted and working fine now. i do not remember all the steps but some how it started working.
     
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