SMC NIC and Linksys Router cannot communicate

[aznluvsmc]

Hi,

I have an SMC 802.11b wirless card with latest drivers installed on my laptop running Windows XP. My home is currently using a Linksys B router with the latest firmware.

I've set the SSID broadcast to disable and WEP to disable also. The problem is that my card cannot communicate with the AP after receiving DHCP configuration. By communicate, I mean the card cannot ping the router as it just times out therefore I cannot get on the net. I cannot access the router configuration windows through I/E either. Signal strength says Excellent.

I have two other laptops running an integrated LAN Express 802.11b wireless NIC and they can communicate with the AP just fine. I know the card works on my other laptop which is running Windows 2000.

I think the problem is directly related to running it on Windows XP. Anyone have any ideas?

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[aznluvsmc]

Ok, I finally found what the problem is but a solution to it has not yet been found.

The problem is that my Compaq laptop uses an o2Micro oz6912 Cardbus controller. This controller for some reason doesn't conform properly to the Cardbus standard therefore causing some problems. I've researched this topic on the net and there are many people who are experiencing this.

I maybe sending an e-mail to o2Micro tomorrow to inquire about this. From what I understand, Linux will not install on the laptops due to this Cardbus issue also. I was planning to put Linux on one of the machines later so now I will have to get it working first.

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[bcastner]

Have you tried using Device Manager, and changing the Cardbus controller driver to "Generic Microsoft Cardbus Controller", rather than to the chipset specific one?

 

[aznluvsmc]

How do you do that? I e-mailed the company and one of the managers replied saying that it's a known issue with some cards and gave me a list of cards that have been tested to work.

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