My WI-FI problem solved

bobr · 2010-09-06

Hi all, Just purchased AAO AOD260 with XP. Bought on sale for AU$360.00 with AU$39.00 cashback making this unit a bargain at AU$321.00. When I tried to connect wirelessly (Broadcom 802.11n card) to my Netgear WGR614 router, it wouldn't connect, but worked perfectly wired. Hence, I googled and found this forum. Searching this forum, there are quite a few posts regarding this issue. No real answers, but lots of hints and ideas. I found this solution worked for me. I could only connect wirelessly when Mac address filter was disabled and no encryption (WEP) enabled. If I tried to use with either Mac or WEP enabled, it would only connect by wired LAN connection. Quite by chance, I enabled WPA encryption, entered a new password, and it worked!. It now connects wirelessly at each startup without fail. Hope this works others out there who have the same problem. Cheers Bob

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Hi all,
Just purchased AAO AOD260 with XP. Bought on sale for AU$360.00 with AU$39.00 cashback making this unit a bargain at AU$321.00. When I tried to connect wirelessly (Broadcom 802.11n card) to my Netgear WGR614 router, it wouldn't connect, but worked perfectly wired. Hence, I googled and found this forum. Searching this forum, there are quite a few posts regarding this issue. No real answers, but lots of hints and ideas.
I found this solution worked for me. I could only connect wirelessly when Mac address filter was disabled and no encryption (WEP) enabled. If I tried to use with either Mac or WEP enabled, it would only connect by wired LAN connection. Quite by chance, I enabled WPA encryption, entered a new password, and it worked!. It now connects wirelessly at each startup without fail.
Hope this works others out there who have the same problem.
Cheers
Bob

bobr, Sep 6, 2010

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