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    help with dell vostro w/ 1505 PCI Express WLAN Mini Card

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by leoan, Mar 9, 2008.

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    leoan Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have a dell vostro 1500 with the 1505 PCI Express WLAN Mini Card. Im experiencing extremely slow internet speeds and lan speeds. I have two other notebooks in my house with intel wireless cards and have no problems. Also im using a belkin n1 wireless router. Does anyone know what the problem is an how i can fix it?? thanks a lot for any replies
     
    leoan, Mar 9, 2008
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    leoan Notebook Enthusiast

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    bump for answers
     
    leoan, Mar 10, 2008
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Have you visited the Dell support site and checked for updated wireless drivers?
     
    kegobeer, Mar 10, 2008
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    leoan Notebook Enthusiast

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    yup, installed the newest driver recently
     
    leoan, Mar 10, 2008
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Which wifi card do you have in the 1500, and which cards do you have in the other laptops? Please be specific and list the model numbers.
     
    kegobeer, Mar 11, 2008
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    in the vostro 1500 i have the dell 1505 PCI Express WLAN Mini Card
     
    leoan, Mar 12, 2008
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    some new info...i disabled all securtiy features on my router and now the vostro's interenet speed is fine. i dont want to run a unsecure network though. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
     
    leoan, Mar 12, 2008
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    If you were using WEP, Vista does not play well with it. Setup WPA(2) Personal (AES), with a min 20 chr random generated key. Don't use the router as a proxy server. Meaning do not use site blocking feature. No need for MAC filtering if you have a good security key.
     
    blue68f100, Mar 12, 2008
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