Have you tried upgrading/downgrading the card drivers/firmware?
We've seen similar issues that changing either would fix. Including the
Atheros card in my old T41 Thinkpad.
Mearl
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From: Nathan Hay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 3:40 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Strange Vista Wireless problems
This one has me stuck, so I thought I'd see if anyone else has
run into it.
I have two Vista laptops with different models of wireless cards
that will not work on any SSID on our Meru wireless network. However,
they will work on a Linksys WRT54G I have in my office for testing.
I've updated drivers, removed all wireless profiles, disabled firewall,
etc with no success. We have a couple hundred other Vista machines on
our Meru wireless network that work fine.
One is a Dell Inspiron 1420 with a Dell 1390 WLAN Mini-Card, the
other is an Everex with an Atheros AR5005G.
The laptops will associate to the AP, get an IP address, and
then do nothing. According to the Network and Sharing Center, the
laptop is connected to an "Unidentified Network" with "Local Only"
access. I can't ping anything or do any DNS lookups, but ipconfig shows
all the correct information.
A packet capture shows the laptop sending out large amounts of
ARP broadcasts, trying to find the default gateway MAC of the VLAN, but
it never gets any responses.
Another strange thing... If I do a "Status" on the network
connection, it shows 0 packets sent and a varying number received.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Nathan
Nathan P. Hay
Network Engineer
Computer Services
Cedarville University
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