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    Wireless - zt3000

    Discussion in 'HP' started by postal, Jul 30, 2004.

  1. postal

    postal Notebook Geek

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    Got my zt3000 yesterday and everything is working fine, except for one small detail. The wireless card (2200 BG) connects to the network fine, with good signal strength, but after a while everything stops working, although it says it is still connected. I played around with it all night, and was unable to get it to work. Are there new wireless drivers somewhere? I tried downloading from the hp site / using the ones off the driver cd but nothing seemed to help. My machine is running like a dream otherwise, I just need to get this one little bug fixed! I've got netgear 802.11b router, and I was wondering if the problem could be with this too, resetting the router seems to fix the problem. Thanks!

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    I've also tried proset, just incase anyone was going to suggest that, and get the same results. If anyone else is using the 2200BG card, can you show me where you got your drivers from? Maybe i'm just getting old drivers.
     
    postal, Jul 30, 2004
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    It may be the router. Try flashing in the current firmware for the router and see if that helps. Unfortunately, router and switch lockups are an all-to-common occurance on consumer-grade gear, though they're getting better.
     
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    Looks like it did the trick, i'm sitting two floors above my router and everything's working good [8D] Thanks
     
    postal, Jul 30, 2004
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    sidel80 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey Postal,

    I have the same PROBLEM. Look at my post about wireless network, not working. Anyway, I also have netgear 802.11b (MR814 v2) and I just couldn't make it work for me. However, my wireless card is different from yours, its a broadcom 802.11b

    I just ended up buying a linksys 802.11b and it's working great. I bought it from circuit city hoping to just use it to test out if my wireless card was malfunctioning and then return it. But now, I think I'll just keep it. :)

    Anyway, hopefully you solve your wireless problems.
     
    sidel80, Jul 31, 2004
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