geno11x11
05-21-2007, 02:30 PM
I've had an SMC 2755w (AP) and 2735w (PCMCIA card) for several happy years working in 72Mb turbo mode in an HP DV1000t. Recently I replaced my notebook with an HP DV6000t which does not have a PCMCIA Cardbus slot, but has integrated Intel 940 802.11a/b/g WiFi.
Step 1: I had great difficulty getting the Dv6000t to talk with the AP, so I stripped down all the features to default - slow speed, no encryption, no MAC ACL, etc. and voila! Success! It connected so long as everything was totally open with default settings.
Step 2: I started re-configuring security features on the AP and the notebook but then could not connect. I tried every combination under the sun, but eventually had to go back again to the totally open system to get connected. This time I decided to go in little baby steps and test the connection with each change.
step 3: As an experiment, I made a single minor AP configuration change: I changed the AP SSID from the default "ANY" to "MMS", rebooted, and could not connect! Back to "ANY" and it connected. I then made other small individual changes and discovered that any deviation from the fully open default configuration, and I again lost connection. So I am back again to a totally open WiFi and I can't change any aspect of the wireless-side of the AP configurations or the connection is lost.
Question: What is the problem? Are the two chipsets incompatible, are they operating under standards differences, or what? I have lots of experience configuring APs & clients. This hardware combination just doesn't want to talk, and I can't use the matching SMC 2735w card in this notebook.
Thoughts? Suggestions??
Thx,
Gene K.
Step 1: I had great difficulty getting the Dv6000t to talk with the AP, so I stripped down all the features to default - slow speed, no encryption, no MAC ACL, etc. and voila! Success! It connected so long as everything was totally open with default settings.
Step 2: I started re-configuring security features on the AP and the notebook but then could not connect. I tried every combination under the sun, but eventually had to go back again to the totally open system to get connected. This time I decided to go in little baby steps and test the connection with each change.
step 3: As an experiment, I made a single minor AP configuration change: I changed the AP SSID from the default "ANY" to "MMS", rebooted, and could not connect! Back to "ANY" and it connected. I then made other small individual changes and discovered that any deviation from the fully open default configuration, and I again lost connection. So I am back again to a totally open WiFi and I can't change any aspect of the wireless-side of the AP configurations or the connection is lost.
Question: What is the problem? Are the two chipsets incompatible, are they operating under standards differences, or what? I have lots of experience configuring APs & clients. This hardware combination just doesn't want to talk, and I can't use the matching SMC 2735w card in this notebook.
Thoughts? Suggestions??
Thx,
Gene K.