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Old 09-07-2005, 07:36 AM
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Default Re: DWL 520 Strange Problem

Airman Thunderbird wrote:
> Try this:
> http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
>
> aww91@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> Purchased a D-Link DWL-520 wireless network card over a year ago and
>> other than running an occasional "Repair" from the XP SP2 network
>> connection page everything worked ok. Even when I reconfigured it for
>> WEP security three months ago everything still worked fine, until one
>> week ago.
>>
>> It still shows an "excellent" signal strength to my base (Motorola SBG
>> 1000) and it is acquires an IP address, however it doesn't connect to
>> the Internet. When I ping its address from another PC in my household
>> it times out (pinging from this problem PC - it's a Dell, to another PC
>> works). I've exhausted my knowledge on this one (changed the
>> properties, removed security, released the address, and a dozen other
>> things)
>>
>> The only clue I possibly have is that it stopped working soon after
>> running Norton Virus protection.
>>
>> Could it be a virus, or do I just have a bad card? Any help would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>



If that doesn't work there is a good chance that it is broke.
Can't think of the term at the moment but I have seen where the
internals can go where it can send but not receive or the opposite.
Try it in another machine and see if the same happens.


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