We have a cisco AP infrastructure with 802.1x on top. There are many students with the Truemobile cards and there have been no problems.
Corbett Consolvo Interim Security and Server Manager College of Charleston [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843.953.5455 -----Original Message----- From: Richard Boys [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just got an x300 with the built in TrueMobile 1400 card and it works great. Rich >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/4/2003 12:14:44 AM >>> We have seen this also on a dell laptop we got for our director. Could not figure it out and put in an Enterasys card and have not had a problem since. Obviously it would be nicer to use the built in wireless but for someone who does ot want to give up their machine for more than 5 min we did not have much of a choice. Someone else I know got some dells for his company and also had similar problems. Dell support from of no help. John Carter Senior Network Systems Programmer ITServices Indiana Purdue University Ft. Wayne 2101 Coliseum Blvd Ft. Wayne IN 46805 260 481-5473 260 481-4152 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/3/2003 11:00:01 PM >>> There are 3 messages totalling 190 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Connectivity problems (3) ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:25:56 -0600 From: "Dean, Cyndi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Connectivity problems I hope this is an appropriate place to post this...if not, my apologies in advance. We have not yet deployed wireless at our law school but are in the planning stages. I had a WAP here last week to test (a Cisco 1200 series, but I think it's irrelevant). A student with a Dell TrueMobile 1400 WLAN (a/b/g) integrated card tells me he is unable to stay connected for more than about 15 minutes at a time. This is true no matter where he goes - a couple locations on campus have wireless installed, with different WAP vendors, plus he has wireless at home, and he drops after 15 minutes or so in each. I noticed this on my laptop as well and coincidently, we have the exact same system with the same card. He contacted Dell support who had him download a newer driver. No difference in behavior. Anyone know what's wrong and more importantly, is this something I should be aware of before we move forward next summer? Thanks, Cyndi Cyndi Dean IT Manager UNM School of Law (505)277-0695 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:26:25 -0400 From: Leah Goldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Connectivity problems We have had the same problems with the Dell tri mode cards. I don't know if there is anything that can be done - consider it's the "first" release of these devices and the quality is probably not so good. Leah Goldman University of Maryland 301.405.4416 -----Original Message----- From: 802.11 wireless issues listserv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean, Cyndi Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Connectivity problems I hope this is an appropriate place to post this...if not, my apologies in advance. We have not yet deployed wireless at our law school but are in the planning stages. I had a WAP here last week to test (a Cisco 1200 series, but I think it's irrelevant). A student with a Dell TrueMobile 1400 WLAN (a/b/g) integrated card tells me he is unable to stay connected for more than about 15 minutes at a time. This is true no matter where he goes - a couple locations on campus have wireless installed, with different WAP vendors, plus he has wireless at home, and he drops after 15 minutes or so in each. I noticed this on my laptop as well and coincidently, we have the exact same system with the same card. He contacted Dell support who had him download a newer driver. No difference in behavior. Anyone know what's wrong and more importantly, is this something I should be aware of before we move forward next summer? Thanks, Cyndi Cyndi Dean IT Manager UNM School of Law (505)277-0695 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:02:54 -0500 From: Jake Blanchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Connectivity problems I don't know if there is a connection, but the TrueMobile 1150 miniPCI = cards in many Dell laptops have shown similar behavior. There is quite a bit = of discussion on this in the Dell Forums. You might try this thread (I = think it will work). http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=3Dlatit_n e= twork &message.id=3D221 I was able to solve my problems through access point firmware upgrades, driver updates, and registry settings. jake > -----Original Message----- > From: 802.11 wireless issues listserv=20 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leah Goldman > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Connectivity problems >=20 >=20 > We have had the same problems with the Dell tri mode cards. =20 > I don't know if there is anything that can be done - consider=20 > it's the "first" release of these devices and the quality is=20 > probably not so good. >=20 > Leah Goldman > University of Maryland > 301.405.4416 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: 802.11 wireless issues listserv=20 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of=20 > Dean, Cyndi > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Connectivity problems >=20 >=20 > I hope this is an appropriate place to post this...if not, my=20 > apologies in advance. >=20 > We have not yet deployed wireless at our law school but are=20 > in the planning stages. I had a WAP here last week to test (a=20 > Cisco 1200 series, but I think it's irrelevant). A student=20 > with a Dell TrueMobile 1400 WLAN (a/b/g) integrated card=20 > tells me he is unable to stay connected for more than about=20 > 15 minutes at a time. This is true no matter where he goes -=20 > a couple locations on campus have wireless installed, with=20 > different WAP vendors, plus he has wireless at home, and he=20 > drops after 15 minutes or so in each. I noticed this on my=20 > laptop as well and coincidently, we have the exact same=20 > system with the same card. >=20 > He contacted Dell support who had him download a newer=20 > driver. No difference in behavior. >=20 > Anyone know what's wrong and more importantly, is this=20 > something I should be aware of before we move forward next summer? >=20 > Thanks, > Cyndi >=20 > Cyndi Dean > IT Manager > UNM School of Law > (505)277-0695 >=20 > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE=20 > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at=20 http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ------------------------------ End of WIRELESS-LAN Digest - 26 Aug 2003 to 3 Sep 2003 (#2003-37) ***************************************************************** ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
