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    Inspiron 1300 - no WAP capability?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by eoinoc333, Oct 21, 2007.

  1. eoinoc333

    eoinoc333 Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have an Inspiron 1300 (ordered in Ireland) with a Broadcom 440x 10/100 integrated controller as a wireless adapter.

    I can connect to my Linksys wireless router WRT54G in unsecured mode and in WEP mode, but when I changed to WPA mode, I couldn't connect to the wireless network. In Windows XP, I was told continously "waiting for network to respond".

    Can I assume that my 1300 doesn't have WPA support, or is there something else wrong?

    Eoin
     
    eoinoc333, Oct 21, 2007
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    well, we need to know which wireless adapter you have. the broadcom chip is the wired nic.
     
    nizzy1115, Oct 21, 2007
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    Waeggles Notebook Consultant

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    eoinoc333 Newbie

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    Thanks for the help.

    I was able to connect after installing the WPA updates for XP SP2. I would have thought that this would have been automatically updated :/

    Eoin
     
    eoinoc333, Oct 22, 2007
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