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Thread ID: 74702	2006-12-02 04:42:00	Weird wireless problem with notebook	chiefnz (545)	Press F1

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503738	2006-12-02 04:42:00	Right, one of my workmates recently bought an ACER Aspire 5024WLMi Notebook. It's a really sweet machine. When he got it he had trouble connecting to our company's wireless hotspot (we have an AP right in the middle of the building where we work, it's probably about 20m from where he works. The notebook picks up the wireless hotspot but then when he tries to open a web page his dial-up connection tries to connect to the Internet. I have tried changing the settings such as "never dial a connection" etc etc, but still it won't work. The only way I got it to work was to delete the dial-up account and when I do this, the wireless connection works perfectly without any hassle. The signal strength also goes up as well as the speed of the connection. When the dial-up connection isn't deleted the signal strength is good and the speed is 36Mbps and when it is deleted the signal strength is excellent and the speed is 54Mbps. It's really weird I can't figure it out at all, does anyone have amy ideas as to what the proble may be. Systems specs are: Processor: AMD Mobile Turion ML-34 (1.6GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 1600MHz FSB) Memory: 1GB DDR-333 (2x512MB), upgradeable to 2GB Hard Drive: 100GB, 4200rpm Optical Drive: DVD Writer, Dual Layer (DVD+⁄-RW) Video: ATI Mobility RADEON X700 graphics with 256MB dedicated Video RAM	chiefnz (545)
503739	2006-12-02 04:56:00	Has the laptop got its own ip and is it pointing to the AP? And has the laptop's wireless got a preferred / alternate DNS ip under properties?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
503740	2006-12-02 05:28:00	Has the laptop got its own ip and is it pointing to the AP? And has the laptop's wireless got a preferred / alternate DNS ip under properties? Everything is set to auto Speedy, DHCP configuration etc . Nothing is preset like the IP or DNS addresses . Hope that helps . Cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
503741	2006-12-02 06:02:00	Hmmm, I would try entering an ip in manually and give it a subnet / preferred / alternate DNS addy, if u know what it is. Then its got something else to connect to, besides trying to dialup instead. Or if the AP lets u add MAC addies add the laptop's MAC addy to the AP.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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