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    new HP laptop with intel 3945abg won't connect to linksys wrt54g

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by per1sh, Dec 19, 2006.

  1. per1sh

    per1sh Newbie

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    my roommate's girlfriend just got a new HP laptop with a built in intel 3945abg wireless adapter and i'm having a heck of a time getting it to connect to my linksys router.

    the router is a wrt54g v3.1 running dd-wrt v23sp2. i can connect to it just fine from my desktop pc using a linksys wusb54g adapter. the strange thing is that when i 'view available wireless networks' on the HP laptop it doesn't even see my router that is 2 meters away, yet it sees other wireless networks in range.

    i've read that intel adapters have issues connecting to linksys routers...is there any way to fix this?
     
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    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    andyasselin, Dec 19, 2006
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    Ice-Tea MXM Guru NBR Reviewer

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    Security settings? If the router is not set to broadcast your SSID, you won`t see it while scanning. Just copy the settings from your adapter to her notebook. Are you sure you have the security keys right?

    Then again, I could have it all wrong. Not my area of expertise :D
     
    Ice-Tea, Dec 19, 2006
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    Or use add a network connection. Enter the SSID of your router, then enter the pass-key.
     
    blue68f100, Dec 19, 2006
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