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9300 limited or no connectivity right out of the box

post #1 of 12
12/20/05 at 12:52am
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Alright got the 9300, little aggravated. First, no XP CD or driver CD. That's BS and they will get a call tomorrow. Second, the Intel 2200 is getting limited or no connectivity right out of the box. I work in the IT field, tried resetting winsock, got new driver from Intel site - still limited or no connectivity. Not sure about this 'glossy' screen yet either. If I could at least get past the wireless deal I could focus on whether or not I can deal with the screen (thank God I have a 25' ethernet cable lying around)....
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post #2 of 12
12/20/05 at 12:55am
Try turning the card to full duplex......device manager...device, advanced....

also, unplug your router, see if that helps, maybe even setup a new wirless network.....

besides that not sure what else you could do......

btw I have had my i9300 since may and have not had one problem with ith....except not getting my OS/resource cds...

good luck..
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post #3 of 12
12/20/05 at 12:57am
I sometimes get the message when connecting my computer. But I have a desktop and using a RG45 cable. What I do is unplug the power connector from my modem and plug it in. This solves the problem. I dont know if this will help you since your using wireless.
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post #4 of 12
12/20/05 at 12:58am
opps can't turn full duplex on the wirless.....do you have a b/g router?
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post #5 of 12
12/20/05 at 12:59am
Also this is a big problem with DSL users...
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post #6 of 12
12/20/05 at 1:10am
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alright got past that for now

disabled WEP, even though I know I had the right key in there, I have seen that happen before with WEP on other computers. Wireless works for now. This glossy screen is kinda cool in a way, DVD's look great on it, but I HATE that it can reflect things especially with a black background.....
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post #7 of 12
12/20/05 at 1:23am
yeah that was my next option for you, the WEP.

BTW I have a WVGA+ and I love, hate the glossy screen.....prefrence I know!
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post #8 of 12
12/20/05 at 1:33am
For wireless security I just use MAC address filtering so that no one but the mac address' I assign can connect then I don't have to worry about WEP cutting down on range or through put
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post #9 of 12
12/20/05 at 7:48am
I do the same as you Bal`thzar... I figure if someone wants my data bad enough they can come ask for it. Not trying to really hide any secrets on a wireless PC (that would just be dumb). So MAC filtering works just fine for me. And I don't worry about infection or being hacked because I run with 0 open ports. =)
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post #10 of 12
12/20/05 at 2:56pm
So dose WPA2 cuts down on range or through put? How do you know which ports are open. I would like to do the MAC filtering instead of both. Also, would like to have all my ports close. I have the WPA2 enable and the MAC filtering. Also, I sometimes run AirSnare to see what macs are logged on.
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post #11 of 12
12/20/05 at 3:04pm
Couple problems with mac filtering though... some cards you can program in a custom MAC address. So you simply sniff a network, find the mac address of the computers, and then spoof em.....your in.
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post #12 of 12
12/20/05 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by inyourface1650
Couple problems with mac filtering though... some cards you can program in a custom MAC address. So you simply sniff a network, find the mac address of the computers, and then spoof em.....your in.
Agreed, MAC address filtering will keep your common neighbor out, but anyone with any desire to get on your network could figure out how to do it in no time.
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