We finally got the new Compaq notebook to connect to our Westell DSL
modem to use the Internet. The answer is on dslreports.com, might be
linked from this or something like it,
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/14170, or
http://www.dslreports.com/nsearch?q=a90-327w&action=Go.
Seems that Vista is very picky about connecting to WiFi. The
modem/switch, Westell A90-327W is several years old, worked from day 1
with our Macs and never had problems, until we got the Compaq. The
Verizon tech in India tried to flash update the modem remotely, but
failed [Bob forgot that there was a router with a firewall between his
computer and the modem--duh]. I called Verizon again and asked for a Mac
tech, requesting the URL for downloading the update [it's
http://verizon.net/versalinkupdate]. It's Windows-only, not sure why
since the last time I flashed the modem two years ago, it worked from a
browser on my Mac [hmmmm,
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/nq/2007/nq070824.gif].
Bob did the flash update from his desktop Dell in Windows 2000. He
switched to the new Compaq with Vista---it found the WiFi modem and
connected to the 'Net.
I wonder if there was a similar problem when we were trying to connect
at Caribou Coffee's free WiFi and only the iBook connected, not the Dell.
Betty
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