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    My New SR from Newegg does not allow me to connect to a N network

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Fr3sH, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. Fr3sH

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    As the title says, any1 else is having the same problem? I thought the Atheros card that came with it did work with N network, yet when I opened the smart wifi utility, there was no option for the N network(only b and g)
     
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    Can you go into the computer devices utility and see what card the drivers say is there?
     
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    I don't use Smart WiFi I just use the Windows utility. The card will connect to 2.4 GHz N networks...that's what I am currently using.
     
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    The card is Atheros AR928x. The driver is 7.6.0.83. Am I getting a different SR ? I just noticed that the sony support page does have VGNSR129E/B and VGNSR129E. Mine is the one without the B eventhough the box says E/B
     
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    I think the /B designation simply indicates the color of the system.

    And yes, the Atheros is the same on mines. I don't have an n network to test it however...
     
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    now, it's not even connected to a G router. The only way I can connect to the internet is by using a wire. Also, do you know where I can find the driver for the atheros? I uninstalled it and couldn't find it.
     
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    Thanks for the driver.

    The problem was actually with the router itself. For some reasons, my router accepted 2 different passwords from 2 different notebooks. That was why I could not connect with my new sony using the supposedly correct password, but I could with my old hp. The sony could connect to the router using the old password that I had replaced a while ago. I decided to renew the password and now it's working perfectly with the same password for both notebooks(it's working on a 2.4ghz N router).

    Thanks all for the input :D
     
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