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Hi,

I've been trying to set up the X60 we just purchased but am having an impossible time getting it to connect to our wireless network. It will find the network and then take forever to Acquire Network Address. After a while, it just doesn't connect. We have a passphrase to get on I've never had this problem before. It's the Intel Wireless 3945ABG card. I've updated the drivers but am not getting any love. Has anyone else had this problem?

check MAC filter in your AP

Could be a number of things. Software firewall settings, router settings, TCP/IP settings, driver install problems.

You could try uninstalling Access Connections, make sure the Wireless Zero Configuration service is started, then use Windows to try and make a connection. Some have had problems with a bad Access Connection install preventing wireless access.

Below are some links that may help you:

Troubleshoot TCP/IP Connectivity

How to recover from Winsock2 Corruption

Using the Network Diagnostics Tool

Corruption at the Jersey Shore

Minimizing 802.11 Interference Issues

i am also plagued by this problem.. i've removed and re-installed A/C, tried with WZC, i cannot get WPA to work at all.. ugh!

any ideas?

Make sure you have the same class of WPA (that is WPA or WPA2) at both ends of the connection. WPA and WPA2 will not connect to each other.

Cheers,

Bill B.

One other thing that I have found personally useful, especially with Access Connections:

If your router is set up to NOT broadcast the SSID, you can of course create the profile manually, however sometimes this does not work well or reliably. In this situation, change your router settings temporarily so as to allow the SSID to be broadcast. A survey of available wireless networks will then show your wireless network in the list.

After you select this network and complete signing on, you can then save the profile on your notebook, and then go back into your router's settings and stop broadcasting the SSID. I have had the situation a number of times where I could not get a connection until I did this, but once the profile was saved, further connections occurred normally.