Check this out. I have a Dell M6400 laptop. It came with a wireless-G card and software called Dell Control Point, it was there to manage my connections. It would connect and make all my other devices flakey, also it would take about 3-10 minutes to connect. The problem (I thought) was just the software. I generally hate preloaded windows in new computers so I bought and installed Windows 7 home version which works beautifully. Now I use the windows zero configuration manager like my other computers use flawlessly. New problem: when this wireless card tries to connect, it kicks off every other device on the network.
My home network is a Cisco router with one wired desktop, one wireless laptop, one wireless printer, and my IPod touch. At work it's a Netgear router with one wireless printer and my IPod touch. All this in addition to this laptop because it goes with me to each location.
In each location when this laptop tries to connect wirelessly, every other device goes offline and has to be reset.
Dell's solution: replace the mobo 3 times, wireless modem once, wireless antenna once, and the wireless switch once. This fixed nothing. I've dealt with about 6-7 different techs through Dell and the local service and no one has ever heard of this nor do they have a solution for it.
My solution: throw this thing in the garbage???
My home network is a Cisco router with one wired desktop, one wireless laptop, one wireless printer, and my IPod touch. At work it's a Netgear router with one wireless printer and my IPod touch. All this in addition to this laptop because it goes with me to each location.
In each location when this laptop tries to connect wirelessly, every other device goes offline and has to be reset.
Dell's solution: replace the mobo 3 times, wireless modem once, wireless antenna once, and the wireless switch once. This fixed nothing. I've dealt with about 6-7 different techs through Dell and the local service and no one has ever heard of this nor do they have a solution for it.
My solution: throw this thing in the garbage???