Comments on: Sony Vaio Wireless Woes http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/04/10/sony-vaio-wireless-woes/ Information Technology aid for Windows, Linux, and OS X users, solid SysAdmin advice, troubleshooting links, job assistance, and more for technology pros. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:22:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: bjmc http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/04/10/sony-vaio-wireless-woes/#comment-150187 bjmc Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:53:17 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/04/10/sony-vaio-wireless-woes/#comment-150187 Get a Mac - they all come with the faster 802.11n. Also get a new inexpensive Airport Express or Airport Extreme if you also want an Ethernet network. Plug your ADSL or Cable modem into AIrport. Your Mac will work out the rest. If you must run Windows alongside OS X, I think just about everyone knows how to do this now. Windows XP or Vista will also have its Wi-Fi courtesy of OS X. Get a Mac - they all come with the faster 802.11n.

Also get a new inexpensive Airport Express or Airport Extreme if you also want an Ethernet network.

Plug your ADSL or Cable modem into AIrport. Your Mac will work out the rest. If you must run Windows alongside OS X, I think just about everyone knows how to do this now. Windows XP or Vista will also have its Wi-Fi courtesy of OS X.

]]> By: DaveN http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/04/10/sony-vaio-wireless-woes/#comment-150175 DaveN Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:05:48 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/04/10/sony-vaio-wireless-woes/#comment-150175 In addition to the other excellent suggestions, I would make sure you're letting Windows manage the wireless rather than the Sony app. Try changing the wireless channel on the router. Make sure the router's firmware is up to date, and reboot (power cycle) it. Power off any devices that could be interfering, such as cordless phones, microwaves, or other electronics. See if a different laptop can connect to your router, and see if your laptop can connect to someone else's known working router. If the laptop is running XP and you're trying to use WPA2, get the patch from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021. In addition to the other excellent suggestions, I would make sure you’re letting Windows manage the wireless rather than the Sony app. Try changing the wireless channel on the router. Make sure the router’s firmware is up to date, and reboot (power cycle) it. Power off any devices that could be interfering, such as cordless phones, microwaves, or other electronics. See if a different laptop can connect to your router, and see if your laptop can connect to someone else’s known working router.

If the laptop is running XP and you’re trying to use WPA2, get the patch from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917021.

]]> By: Matt Wilkinson http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/04/10/sony-vaio-wireless-woes/#comment-150174 Matt Wilkinson Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:23:46 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/04/10/sony-vaio-wireless-woes/#comment-150174 Matt, Nick, et al. I have a post going up about a strikingly similar experience I had with a Dell Latitude D430 equipped with an Intel 4965 802.11a/g/n Dual Band Wireless NIC and a Netgear router. The Dell "saw" the wireless LAN created by the Netgear WRG614v5 router, but couldn't connect to it no matter what I did. I even temporarily turned off the router's wireless security, and it still couldn't connect. My iPod touch also wouldn't connect. But, an older Dell Latitude D410 would connect, it had a Dell WLAN adapter. Although it didn't help in my case, make sure the router in question is running the latest firmware for that specific model. All this goes to show you, while IEEE standards make most things work well together, there's still a lot of interoperability issues. This despite most IEEE 802.11a/b/g, etc standards being out there for years and years. Matt, Nick, et al.

I have a post going up about a strikingly similar experience I had with a Dell Latitude D430 equipped with an Intel 4965 802.11a/g/n Dual Band Wireless NIC and a Netgear router. The Dell “saw” the wireless LAN created by the Netgear WRG614v5 router, but couldn’t connect to it no matter what I did. I even temporarily turned off the router’s wireless security, and it still couldn’t connect. My iPod touch also wouldn’t connect. But, an older Dell Latitude D410 would connect, it had a Dell WLAN adapter.

Although it didn’t help in my case, make sure the router in question is running the latest firmware for that specific model.

All this goes to show you, while IEEE standards make most things work well together, there’s still a lot of interoperability issues. This despite most IEEE 802.11a/b/g, etc standards being out there for years and years.

]]> By: Jeff Schnell http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/04/10/sony-vaio-wireless-woes/#comment-150163 Jeff Schnell Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:47:03 +0000 http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2008/04/10/sony-vaio-wireless-woes/#comment-150163 I just had this problem this weekend at my father inlaw's house. he has a rangemaz router which works fine with his laptop and netgear wireless card running xp. We just bought my mother inlaw a new vista computer(acer), my wifes gateway, and my sony does not connect to it. I played with some XR settings and still nother. I put a access point into the router and all computers can connect now. I just had this problem this weekend at my father inlaw’s house. he has a rangemaz router which works fine with his laptop and netgear wireless card running xp. We just bought my mother inlaw a new vista computer(acer), my wifes gateway, and my sony does not connect to it. I played with some XR settings and still nother. I put a access point into the router and all computers can connect now.

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