Re: verizon 4G connection not working
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:45 am
Hi guys,
just to fix a misconception: The CF-29, or Intel 220BG generally, works perfectly with WPA2. The only problems are if you do not have XP SP3, as earlier versions did not include WPA2 support in the wireless supplicant (MS Zero Config service).
If you do not want to use XP SP3, there is a hotfix for SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357
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I've had the 'unable to connect' problem a few times on various machines, also where it says wireless is connected but does not get an IP address or says limited/no connectivity.
Some problems seem to cure themselves by turning wifi off & on a couple of times with the wireless switch utility on Toughbooks / hardware switch on my Vaios.
Others, where it never connects at all, seem to be where windows settings for the network are messed up somehow.
Deleting the connection profile and re-creating it from scratch generally works for this.
If you use the Windows connection setup rather than the Intel Proset manager, always set the network up manually & fix the security settings, as Windows network auto-detect is useless and pretty much guaranteed to fail.
In other words, ignore any popups that say a network has been detected. Go to the list of WiFi networks and type *everything* by hand.
Also, while adding the network, you need to untick the box that says something like 'the key is provided for me' prior to properly setting the security mode.
just to fix a misconception: The CF-29, or Intel 220BG generally, works perfectly with WPA2. The only problems are if you do not have XP SP3, as earlier versions did not include WPA2 support in the wireless supplicant (MS Zero Config service).
If you do not want to use XP SP3, there is a hotfix for SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357
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I've had the 'unable to connect' problem a few times on various machines, also where it says wireless is connected but does not get an IP address or says limited/no connectivity.
Some problems seem to cure themselves by turning wifi off & on a couple of times with the wireless switch utility on Toughbooks / hardware switch on my Vaios.
Others, where it never connects at all, seem to be where windows settings for the network are messed up somehow.
Deleting the connection profile and re-creating it from scratch generally works for this.
If you use the Windows connection setup rather than the Intel Proset manager, always set the network up manually & fix the security settings, as Windows network auto-detect is useless and pretty much guaranteed to fail.
In other words, ignore any popups that say a network has been detected. Go to the list of WiFi networks and type *everything* by hand.
Also, while adding the network, you need to untick the box that says something like 'the key is provided for me' prior to properly setting the security mode.
but nuthin has helped so far. I will keep trying.