Wireless connection problems with Dell Mini 1390 Wlan and Wifi Router US Robotics 8054

Is the router broadcasting its SSID?  Is encryption enabled on the router?  Is MAC address filtering enabled on the router.   Do you have any other computers that are sucessfully connecting to the router by wireless?  Have you tried resetting the router to its default settings?  I have the same wireless card and travel all over the country with it.  I have not yet found any incompatibilites, but I don't know if I have ever connected to a USR 8054. 

 

Steve

How did you go about resetting the router to it's default settings?   With the default settings, there would be no encryption, MAC address filtering would be disabled, and the SSID would be broadcasting.

 

Steve

Thx for fast reply ! Here the answers:

 

Is the router broadcasting its SSID?     well in the Dell Wifi Conection manager appears the name of my router and the signal strength but I can't get a connection ! 

Is encryption enabled on the router?  I am not sure ...

Is MAC address filtering enabled on the router.   Yes and I added my MAC adress but no conection ! I have to conect to the router from another laptop because I can't connect directly from mine ...

Do you have any other computers that are sucessfully connecting to the router by wireless?  of course .. I have 5 friends which conected themselves without problems.

Have you tried resetting the router to its default settings?  yes ... no results. 

 

Any other idea now ?

 

1. when i click on connect he tries to connect during more or less 1 minute and then the "trying connection" window just disappears...

 

2. Hope there is no problem with the spanish part :-) red inalambrica is wireless lan ...

 

This is the actual message:

 

Microsoft Windows XP [Versión 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\E1505>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

       Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PATRICK
       Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
       Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
       IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
       WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

       Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-C5-B2-90-89

Ethernet adapter Conexión de área local:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MT820
       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-A3-81-45-BE
       Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
       IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.4
       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
       DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
       DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
       Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Martes, 14 de Noviembre de 2006 12:2
2:43 a.m.
       Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Viernes, 17 de Noviembre de 2006 12:
22:43 a.m.

Ethernet adapter Conexiones de red inalámbricas:

       Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Tarjeta Mini-PCI de red inalámbrica
WLAN 1390 de Dell
       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-F3-46-AD-00

C:\Documents and Settings\E1505>

 

Very strange that it says MEDIA DISCONECTED !!! Why if everything is seams ON .. my Wifi LED on the computer is green .. In the hardware manager the wifi card seams conected and in the properties says conected and without any issues !

 

Patrick

Exactly what happens when you go to Network Connections, right click on the wireless network connection, select "View available wireless networks", select your wireless network, and click on the connect button?  

 

As an additional troubleshooting step, go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.

 

Steve

Well i reseted and as I mean no results I meant that I didn't get any connection neither ! Of course there where no MAC adress settings to do nor the name of my router was the one before but as you say broadcasting - but I couldnt connect to it. This is what is so strange that I can see the router in Dells tool and also in Windows but I can' t connect to it !

 

Patrick

Hi,

 

On the router configuration page, try disabling the turbo and frame bursting mode.

 

 

Please make sure the router has latest firmware installed on it. Click on the link http://www.usr.com/support/8054/8054-files/USR8054_v167b44.zip to access the same. Please note updating firmware would reset the router to default settings like ISP settings, Security, etc.

 

If none of the above steps seem to fix the problem try downgrading the drivers for the wireless card to R102320.exe

 

Rgds

 

Best-Try (Chris)

You are still not very clear on how you reset the router.  Does it have a reset button?  If so, push and hold the reset button for about 8 seconds while the router is turned on.  Now try connecting again.

 

Steve

Hey Guys.

 

HURRRAAAYYYYYYY !!!!!

 

With the firmware Update of the Router everything is working now.

 

Thx so much for your help.

 

Bye.

 

pe.