Re: [H] Dumb Dell ?
At 10:13 PM 08/09/2007, Ben Ruset wrote: AFAIK, the diag cd is the same as what's on the diag partition. I think Dell started putting the partition there to help their techs out: You are using the word tech loosely. They are screen readers and flow chart followers. T
Re: [H] Dumb Dell ?
At 10:13 PM 08/09/2007, Ben Ruset wrote: AFAIK, the diag cd is the same as what's on the diag partition. I think Dell started putting the partition there to help their techs out: And I forgot, their diagnostic software isn't worth the hard drive space it's stored on. By the time it diagnoses a failure, the machine is shot. T
[H] sirius internet bradcast NFL games?
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[H] Thinkpad wireless problems
I am trying to troubleshoot a Thinkpad R51 ...circa 2004. It is running XP PRO SP2, and it is fully patched. The problem is that it will not connect to any encrypted wireless network. It has no problem connecting wirelessly to a unprotected network, but it refuses to connect to a protected network any protected network, even one it previously had no trouble connecting to. At first I thought it had something to do with the IBM wireless adaptor, so I updated it to the latest posted drivers. That didn't help but it did cause all the old wireless addresses to disappear from XP wireless network setup. There was one local protected address that was working on that list but now it won't even connect to that protected network. I'm stumped...any thoughts.
RE: [H] Thinkpad wireless problems
I know that this is probably a stupid question, but does the wireless adapter support the encryption that the router(s) is using? That is, if the router is using WAP2 and the adapter can only use WEP, then it cannot connect. Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 6:59 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Thinkpad wireless problems I am trying to troubleshoot a Thinkpad R51 ...circa 2004. It is running XP PRO SP2, and it is fully patched. The problem is that it will not connect to any encrypted wireless network. It has no problem connecting wirelessly to a unprotected network, but it refuses to connect to a protected network any protected network, even one it previously had no trouble connecting to. At first I thought it had something to do with the IBM wireless adaptor, so I updated it to the latest posted drivers. That didn't help but it did cause all the old wireless addresses to disappear from XP wireless network setup. There was one local protected address that was working on that list but now it won't even connect to that protected network. I'm stumped...any thoughts.
RE: [H] Thinkpad wireless problems
Yes, it is 2004 XP SP2 Thinkpad, and as I wrote... it was working with encryption it just stopped working on anything new. At 04:17 PM 9/9/2007, you wrote: I know that this is probably a stupid question, but does the wireless adapter support the encryption that the router(s) is using? That is, if the router is using WAP2 and the adapter can only use WEP, then it cannot connect. Bobby
RE: [H] Thinkpad wireless problems
Can other stuff connect to that router (with encryption)? It could posiibly be the router. Bobby I wrote that it can not connect to any protected router... but has no problem connecting to any unprotected routers.
RE: [H] Thinkpad wireless problems
So it can't connect to routers that use WEP along with routers that use WPA or have you not tested against WEP? WPA uses other hardware on the wireless chipset and other software then what WEP uses so one could be broken while the other works -Original Message- Can other stuff connect to that router (with encryption)? It could posiibly be the router. Bobby I wrote that it can not connect to any protected router... but has no problem connecting to any unprotected routers.
RE: [H] Thinkpad wireless problems
I'm sorry. What's going in is just not registering tonight! I do not know what that might be other than maybe the adapter going bad. Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 8:51 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] Thinkpad wireless problems Can other stuff connect to that router (with encryption)? It could posiibly be the router. Bobby I wrote that it can not connect to any protected router... but has no problem connecting to any unprotected routers.
RE: [H] Thinkpad wireless problems
WPA uses other hardware on the wireless chipset and other software then what WEP uses so one could be broken while the other works True, I haven't tried WEP... is anybody still using that. It's home base is WPA personal 2, but it couldn't connect to my WPA Personal 2. I tried updating the IBM driver. Once I did that, all the saved profiles disappeared. Now it can't connect to it's home base or mine.
