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I am having trouble installing a new Atheros mini pci card on my T60.

It sees the networks that are availalble. It seems to connect to them, but it doesn't recieve data. It says "Limited or No Connectivity."

I installed a new driver from the lenovo site. And I ran System Update. No luck.

Any thoughts????

padhead,

is that a pcmcia card or internal pci card? lenovo has their BIOS set to accept their approved internal cards only....if that is the problem.

What is the card model/chipset?

Otherwise, wireless cards can be a bit touchy. If that is not the issue, keep playing with the settings. Are you using access or windows to control the wireless connection?


alacrity

It's a mini pci card.

I got rid of ibm access connections, figuring that it was the problem as it has been in the past. No Luck.

I might have bad card.

Is there something I should do in the BIOS???

Is there a way to "ping" it or test it?

Help. LOL.

are network WEP or WPA protected? If possible, try a test with a router that has default settings and no WEP/WPA enabled. I doubt it's the card, it is most likely your network configuration.

-- Andrey

Yes my network is security protected, but i forget with which wep or wpa.. I do have the access number (security key), but it didn't ask for it when i swapped cards,.. is this possibly the problem?

I could some help on this one. I am hitting a wall.

Padhead wrote:Yes my network is security protected, but i forget with which wep or wpa.. I do have the access number (security key), but it didn't ask for it when i swapped cards,.. is this possibly the problem?

I could some help on this one. I am hitting a wall.

Each network card has a unique address called MAC. When you're swapping cards, you're getting a different MAC number. If your router has access by the MAC address, you won't be able to connect with a new card until the access list on the router is updated.


You need to get in touch with your admin and tell them that you swapped the card.

andrey wrote:Each network card has a unique address called MAC. When you're swapping cards, you're getting a different MAC number. If your router has access by the MAC address, you won't be able to connect with a new card until the access list on the router is updated. You need to get in touch with your admin and tell them that you swapped the card.

Sounds like this could be the problem. It's a home network, does anyone know how to update the access list on the router?

read the manual, each routher is different

Since you experience connectivity problems, remove all protections:
1- Reset your router to factory defaults. Make a note of all the settings, then press the reset button in the back. It doesn't harm to power cycle the device afterwards.
2- Disconnect the router from the Internet, just in case.
3- Disable the firewall and all anti malware soft on your machine. Restart the machine.

If everything is OK, put the protections back 1 by 1.