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    HP Pavilion dv8320us Wireless card problem

    Discussion in 'HP' started by sandesign, Mar 11, 2009.

  1. sandesign

    sandesign Notebook Consultant

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    Hi to all

    Recently I got a wireless router HUAWEI EchoLife HG520s Home Gateway installed by my Internet provider. My HP dv8320us laptop has an Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection, but I can't get connected to my wireless network :mad: . The blue light of the wireless connection is on (blue), but I can't view other wireless networks to connect :confused: .

    Any suggestion?

    I'm using Vista Home Premium 32bit

    Thanks in advance...
     
    sandesign, Mar 11, 2009
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    evil534768 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Aren't you being able to see any networks in the list when you select "Connect to" from the icon on the system tray?
    you can do something.
    Click START>ALL PROGRAMS>ACCESSORIES. Right click on " COMMAND PROMPT" and select " Run as Administrator". Once u r in command prompt, type in IPCONFIG and press enter to check the IPv4 address and the subnet mask. If everything is OK, then ping the DEFAULT GATEWAY IP by this command---> ping (your default gateway ip)
    e.g. ping 192.168.0.1

    If your IPv4 address shows 169.x.x.x, then it has no connectivity and has got a bad ip from APIPA. then do the following-->

    ipconfig /release
    ipconfig /renew
    ipconfig /flushdns
    ipconfig /registerdns

    restart your laptop and your problem should be solved.

    PM me after doing this test. I will send u further instructions.
     
    evil534768, Mar 11, 2009
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  3. sandesign

    sandesign Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for your answer, I'll try your instructions when I get home.

    I'll post the results as soon as I can.

    Thank you very much... :)
     
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    sandesign Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for your help, I did your suggestions and everything worked fine... :)

    Now I can view other netwokrs with no problem...
     
    sandesign, Mar 12, 2009
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