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Subject: Re: [NF] Wireless Network weirdness
Author: "Charles Hart Enzer, M.D."
Posted: 2008/04/30 12:12:40
 
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On some AMD HP laptops, the Wireless stops working:

http://tinyurl.com/4s24dt

http://tinyurl.com/4cc7a3

Among many links.

I was fortunate that they gave me as a replacement an Intel machine.

Another thought:

Maybe the router is restricted to certain MAC address.

At 09:55 AM 2/18/2008, you wrote:
>Hey - - - - -- ---- ---
>
>This is a problem my Cousin has. He asked me, but my brain couldn't
>come up any solution.
>
>He has a wireless network, with a Belkin router 54G. Two laptops:
> - One of them finds and connects with the network fine.
> - The other one *finds* the wireless network, but won't connect to it.
>
>The computer that won't connect is a HP with WinXP Pro. He has
>already tried bombing and reinstalling the wireless card drivers.
>Wired networking works. Wireless card is on the motherboard.
>
>I suspect that there's a "you idiot, of course you just..." solution.
>
>TIA -- - -- - -- -
>
>Ken
>
>
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