Will this work with my E1505?

My dell internal wireless card WILL NOT play with my home wireless network. Will this install in place of my dell card?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833106220

 

I don't see why that won't work with your laptop. Why won't your dell card work with your router?

 

Yeah, that's kinda weird - I have a Dell WiFi card and it hooks up to my Linksys router just fine. What brand router do you have and how old is it?

 

Wish I knew why but no matter what I do my router will not assign an IP adress to either of my dell laptops. I can use any other third party card with excellent results but dell cards will not work!

 

D-link Di-624 with the latest firmware.

 

How old is the router and is it A,B or G? Your Dell card can't pick anyting up?

 

I was considering a Dell until I looked at their wireless card.

Your router is most likely a B router, and the Intel cards inside Dell laptops only pick up A and G routers. This is the exact same situation in my case, and I decided not to purchase a Dell because of this (among other things, of course).

You could use that product you gave a link to, but I am not too familiar with that. I would buy a USB Adapter / Slot card that matches your router's type (A, B, or G).

 

It's about two years old and it's an A-B-G router that has no problems with any other adapter I have used. The dell wireless card will connect but it will not get an IP adresss from the router no matter what I do. This would lead me to belive that it's a router issue but I have never had issues with any other types of adapters. Here is the part that is realy frustrating, if I start my computer and let it boot normaly the card will connect but won't get an ip adress. So just for ****s and giggles I plug in my cheap usb adapter and it connects to the router and gets an ip almost instantly then a few seconds later the dell card majicaly connects and will stay connected until I power off the laptop even if I unplug the crappy usb adapter.

 

Actually, the dell cards as well as intel cards should be compatible with b type networks if they are compatible with g type networks. I don't know why dell doesn't list it like that, but the list it as a "a/g" network when it really is "a/b/g".

Now, it is not the same for "a" type networks. A card must say that it is compatible with type "a" networks in order to work with routers that are "a".

 

Have you thought maybe that the wireless cards in the Dells are defective? Two is odd, I'll give you that, but if other adapters work with the router then a defective wireless card would be my next guess. Call Dell if you're in warranty and have them replaced.

 

by not working do you mean nothing at all?, or just trouble connecting,it could be a security issue, I have wep on my router and tried connecting to it with a psp, I had to disable wep to connect

 

My E1505 with the Dell wi-fi card works fine with my Dlink 614 (11b) router as well as in hotels and airport hot spots (11g). I think you have a configuration issue, or as suggested, bad cards.

Dave

 

One thing you can try is to let windows handle your Wi-Fi connection as opposed to using the dell software.

With my intel wireless card, I had issues until I disabled the Intel software and let Windows do it. No troubles since.

 

poor connection quality is the sign of incompatable hardware.

No connection at all means settings are borked.

g is b, if your G compatible then you can fall back to B networks.

make sure you reset your cable modem, and maybe do a factory reset on your router (you may need to set it back up again using a wired ethernet connection. I know my 2 accesspoints turn their wireless off by default).

Also take a drive around and see if the laptop can pick up and connect to other peoples wifi points.

 

I had thought the same thing so I disabled all of my security measures and still get the same deal.

 

Tried letting both windows and the dell utility manage the settings and I get the same results. I get excellent signal strength but no ip address!

 

Sounds like your router isnt giving up an ip...question is how do you have your router set up? Is it set up as a router where the router assigns an ip? Or as a gateway and your computer still aquires its ip from the ISP?