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    vostro 1500 wireless limited connectivity

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by weogy104, Sep 16, 2007.

  1. weogy104

    weogy104 Notebook Guru

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    hi the wireless function on the laptop has worked flawlesly out of the box untill today i turn it on and just sits on limited connectivity. its stragne because it finds the network and says signal strength excellent but limited connectivity. so using ethernet cable atm untill i can sort this out. any help would be much apreciated.

    thanks
    richard
     
    weogy104, Sep 16, 2007
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    come on ppl surely someone must be able to help me out here i mean not even one read :p
     
    weogy104, Sep 16, 2007
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    ive updated teh drivers too, still no joy. i really need this function to work and i dont wanna ring dell :p anyone have a clue?
     
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    tried the basics such as....?

    1. restarting router.
    2. restarting pc.
    3. turning wireless off then on again?

    sure you didnt disable any startup programs related to wireless?
     
    NeoVo5, Sep 16, 2007
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    yep tried all that. its working now anyways. disbale network encryption and reenabled it then it worked. also read that disabling ipv6 can help and since i dont use it i did :)
     
    weogy104, Sep 16, 2007
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