Thread: Unable to connect to wireless router

I have just purchased a new Dell Inspiron 15R Laptop with a DW 1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card. I am trying to connect wirelessly to my UTSTARCOM WA-3002-G1 wireless router. I am simply not able to connect to this router. I also have another Acer Travelmate which connects to the router perfectly and helps me access the internet. Please help me guys to solve this problem. I am trying since 2 days , this problem is racking my brains out. Here is some more data about the problem:

1) Latest Driver for DW 1501 is installed

2) The signal strength is excellent

3) Tried disabling the MS Virtual Wifi Miniport adapter. But this does not solve the problem

1. Configure your modem in PPPoE.

2. Enable DHCP in your modem.

3. In the TCP/IP properties of your connection, set " Obtain IP address automatically "

If above doesn't work,

Start > Run > cmd > ipconfig/all for both machines.

DHCP is enabled also Obtain IP address automatically is enabled

Heres my IPconfig /all dump :


Windows IP Configuration

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

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : DW1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 1C-65-9D-9F-55-3E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{5A7403CD-3461-4650-BA4E-070962EFCD83}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Dell Inspiron 15R Laptop with a DW 1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card.

NETWORK/ Show all connections
WLAN
status/repair network options.
Or properties
Wireless Network settings page
TCP/IP
Properties
enter 192.168.1.10
255.255.255.0
192.168.1.1
apply save.
On top against wlan card Configure.
Enabled ?
Advanced ? mode selected ssid Adhoc ?

compare with ACER settings .

Finally was able to resolve the problem. Lot of people have/are facing this problem as I got to know while searching for a fix. This problem has many variants and this fix may not apply to all. Thanks MeetDilip and Essbebe for your suggestions.

I had tried disabling the virtual wifi adapter, disabling the firewall, unchecking/removing IPV6, uninstalling/reinstalling IPV4, played around with all the driver properties, but simply nothing worked.

Finally I found that McAfee was pre-installed (not activated) on my machine. The McAfee firewall service was running. This was the culprit. When I disabled this firewall, I got connected immediately!

Congrats.
We assumed wrongly the System set up is same in both laptop/s.
Noted info about firewall application. Thanks.

Congrats stamhaney

Enjoy your connection

Thanks essbebe , meetdilip! This was one peculiar problem !