Network found at 5/5 green bars, but can't connect.
Hi,
I received this weekend my inspiron 9400 with an integrated Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN mini-card.
I then went to buy a Wireless G SRX200 WRT54GX2.
I can see the network fine at 5/5 green bars, but always unable to connect. I have tried no security, wep, wpa, wpa2 with both encryptions. I have tried every channel still the same issue : Wireless connection unavailable.
I know my Dell Wireless 1500 card works because In my network list there is an unprotected network that I see sometime with 1/5 green bar that I tried to connect to and got my IP address in 3-4 seconds.
I am at the moment clueless about why I can't get any connection with my router. Wired works fine though.
Thanks,
Burnie
Yes I have tried with Firewall on and off.
I have also changed the SSID that was by default linksys to alot of other SSID's too. I don't have any other wireless devices nearby. I tried using both the Microsoft wireless utility and Dell wireless Utility.
Same result as always. Not Connected
Thanks,
Burnie
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