From: "RobertB." 

OK. I've passed it on. thanks. Let's see what happens now. r.



In article , "Geo"
 wrote:

> Go here http://grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm and get that, turn off UPNP and see
> if that makes a difference.
>
> Geo.
>
> "RobertB."  wrote in message
> news:rb28-E662CC.13523330012005{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> > Uhh, this is a brother-in-law question, so my information is limited,
> > but. . . his son's girlfriend just bought a Dell Inspiron 1150, which
> > has a wireless card. My brother-in-law has a wireless router in the
> > basement, a Linksys WRT54G I think. They have three other computers
> > attached to the router (two are hard wired), one new iMac and two
> > Windows machines.
> >
> > Here's what happens, whenever he starts the Dell (running XP) the Dell
> > wireless card connects to the router (or tries to) and then knocks all
> > the other machines off the network connection. The Dell itself never
> > connects to the Internet. At this point he has to deactive the Dell's
> > wireless card, go downstairs and reboot the router.
> >
> > This is a brand new machine, so the solution is probably relatively
> > simple. The Dell is running XP. The wireless card is a 1350 PCI card
> > that supports or uses the Aegis IEEE 802.1x protocol.
> >
> > He says that when he tries to examine the Properties menu for the
> > wireless card, it's blank. Last I knew he was about to call Dell. Ouch.
> >
> > He did manage to successfully connect the Dell with an Ethernet cable,
> > by the way, so it appears to be a wireless issue.
> >
> > Is there a simple answer to this?
> >
> > robert
>
>

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