Greetings, list members. I'm finally back on the list after a couple or so years, this time with a different email account.
I'm having problems with my Linksys 802.11g card. Can someone help troubleshoot? I haven't been able to get a web site in a browser window for over three days now on the usual wireless network. I tried a bunch of things: 1. I called Dell to help troubleshoot the Inspiron 8200 laptop-- one of the last things we did was a Repair Installation of Windows XP Home. It's more screwed up now than before-- it freezes up and some of the Utilities don't function. This is ok-- I can do a full Reinstall later on my own. The tech suggested that I might have a virus or spyware. I told him that I have Norton installed on both partitions and AVG on the first partition as well. I have Microsoft Defender and Adaware SE installed on the First partition also, and I scan with all programs at least once a day (different times for each program). 2. We also uninstalled and reinstalled the Linksys software. No luck. 3. The Dell & Linksys techs suggested that my firewall might be interfering. I didn't have problems before, but I disabled the Zone Alarm anyway, to entertain them. No luck. 4. I have two partitions on my laptop's hard drive, both of which have XP Home installed. On the First (now screwed up) partition, I got good signal with the card, but "Limited or no connectivity". I clicked Repair but got an error message stating that I wasn't getting an IP address. The Dell & Linksys techs both had me do an IP config and other stuff to no avail. I thought maybe there was something wrong with the particular network, so I decided to try other networks... 3. I went to the park near City Hall the other night. I picked up several networks, a few of which were open/unsecured. I got good signal from them but still couldn't get a page to open at all in a browser window: so it's not the particular network that's having problems-- it's the laptop and/or card. Which is it? 4. I tried running the card on the Second partition, which also has XP installed (with all Updates as well). The card used to run on this seldomly used partition perfectly well. Since I did the Repair Installation of XP on the First partition, this Second partition should've been spared from getting screwed up like the First one, right? The card's lights come on, but this time instead of Limited or No Connectivity, I got Very Good to Excellent signal, but I still couldn't get a page to open. Then I got the blue screen of death on the Second partition. I haven't tried to reboot since. The Second partition also got screwed up somehow. 5. I usually run the card in the Second (bottom) card slot, to keep the dust off. I thought maybe the slot might be screwed up, so I switched to the First (top) slot. No luck. 6. When I called Linksys to help troubleshoot the card (see above), they recommended I try the card in another laptop. We tried to install the card and software on an older laptop which has 'Windows mE on it. The installation worked but the card didn't (the card lights came on though). The tech said that these g cards don't always work with mE anyway-- try a better OS. But I don't have another working laptop with a newer OS. The tech suggested I hook up my laptop to another (wired) network to see if it's the laptop that's having the problem. I will try connecting to a DSL network tomorrow at a friend's house. 7. Last night the same friend said that these cards tend to get "burnt out". I don't know if this is true. I actually sniffed the card anyway, and it didn't smell burnt at all LOL Pretty soon, I'm gonna have to resort to voodoo to get this fixed. Any tips or suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance. Frank -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] YM ZephyrHawaii AIM ZephyrNewYork Fax 484-348-7342 "For those that will fight for it...FREEDOM ...has a flavor the protected shall never know." --- L/Cpl Edwin L. "Tim" Craft, B Co 3rd AT's, Khe Sanh Combat Base, February, 1968 http://www.togetherweteach.com/Sayings/TimCraftstory.htm -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
