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Title: Cannot connect through laptop but can through desktop
Post by: Row on October 16, 2009, 07:06:15 PM

Just bought the DGL-4500 from Newegg (even after reading these reviews). Luckily it is still at firmware v 1.02 and I am NOT planning on updating that lol. My desktop connects to the wireless router (currently connected through a Linksys Wireless-G router) but my laptop says connected with no internet, but I cant even access the router setup page, even after powercycling the router/modem, restarting the computer, and changing the wireless encryption type. My laptop connected fine to my old router (an old Netgear) and to other routers. On a side note, I set up the router with my laptop hard-connected to the router through ethernet so I know that it works fine like that.

My Desktop (the one that works) is a custom build with:
GIGABYTE P45-UD3R mobo
Core 2 Quad processor
4 Gigs ddr2 800 ram (corsair)
NVIDIA gtx 260 GPU
Vista Home Premium 64-bit
and the Linksys Wireless-g router (other stuff too but I assume that the rest doesnt matter)

My laptop is a Toshiba Sattelite P205-S6287
It has a Core 2 Duo processor
2 gigs of ram (dont know the bandwidth)
Integrated crappy graphics
Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Intel(R) Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN (integrated wi-fi card)

What I want to know is: What settings can I change in my router/laptop config settings to enable it to connect. IF ABSOLUTELY neccessary I would buy a PCMCIA wi-fi card for it...but I would rather exhaust all other options first.

Please post here if you need more infomation or if you have any suggestions. Thank you :)

Title: Re: Cannot connect through laptop but can through desktop
Post by: Syaoran on October 16, 2009, 07:11:35 PM

It's the WiFi card driver.  Roll it back to the one on Toshiba's site or the original driver.  Anything else will cause the laptop to keep dropping. 

Title: Re: Cannot connect through laptop but can through desktop
Post by: Row on October 16, 2009, 08:39:58 PM

Roger that...it works :) hitting myself for not trying that before.

Title: Re: Cannot connect through laptop but can through desktop
Post by: Syaoran on October 16, 2009, 08:49:07 PM

Just make sure you disable Windows Updates for that device.  There is an updated driver for Vista that Microsoft pushes which causes the problem all over again. 

Title: Re: Cannot connect through laptop but can through desktop
Post by: Row on October 17, 2009, 08:56:03 AM

I know I sound like a n00b...but how do I disable Windows Update just for that device without having to screen through all windows update each time?

Title: Re: Cannot connect through laptop but can through desktop
Post by: Syaoran on October 17, 2009, 10:25:10 AM

You you search for updates and see the driver listed.  Right click on it and select hide this update.