Broadband 54g mafperformance 802.11g

[Raul102801]

I have anetwork setup with a watchguard soho6 which provides me with a wireless access point. I have used the wireless connection with a wireless linksys card 802.11g. The soho 6 is 802.11b however the pcmcia card I use is compatible to either b or g. However, I hace a HP laptop with an integrated card Broadcom 54g maxperformance 802.11g that doesn't connect to it al all. Is is card compatible with an 802.11b router? if so, why can't I connect? any ideas?


thanks

 

[bcastner]

Your Linksys uses the same chip from Broadcom.

. See if newer drivers are available
. Check carefully any settings

I went through this last week with a notebook from HP in the same series, and just downloaded and applied the newer HP drivers.

Your laptop I believe has a blue light that comes on if the wireless radio is active. Once you apply the new drivers and reboot this should become active. Then set the SSID, channel, any WEP settings etc. and you should be good to go.

 

[Raul102801]

I downloaded newer drivers and also I utility that lets me see the status of the card and still can't see a wireless network. The utility tells me that the radio button for the hardware device is not enabled but when I go to check on the card's properties it says that it is enabled.
Any ideas?

 

[hungquocle]

The wireless router has many speed
802.11b----->11mbs
802.11g----->max 54mbs
B and G are compatible but if you want connect to 802.1b or 802.11g You have to change speed between those cards (pcmcia, pci adapter)
example: if you get 802.11b , you put max speed is 11mbs. And 802.11g is 11mbs, too.
You can change it in software which the product provides for you.
If you have any question: lequochung12345@yahoo.com

 

[hungquocle]

you can set any speed for them.But you have to set them the same speed.

 

[hungquocle]

and set channel for each wireless card

 

[Raul102801]

OK I tried this again... I can connect now but I get a message that says you have limited on no connectivity. I check everything and it just isn't getting an IP address from the wireless router. I put one manually and it says it is connected but I cannot ping anything or connect to anything. I just tried an external card and it works just fine. I am about to give up on this. It seems like I have the latest drivers.