Linksys WPC54G in Dell c640

Anybody know why my Linksys WMPC54G card won't work in a Dell Latitude
laptop? Card works fine in my Sony Vaio. In fact I have 2 cards, one for
each laptop. They both work in Sony Vaio but neither in Dell. Dell reports
"cable disconnected" ( now there's a thing; it's wireless). Power is on on
card. Drivers all installed and running OK.

Can it be a "Cardbus Problem"? I have downloaded the Drivers for this from
Linksys - no difference.

I'd love some help.

Doug Tredwell
Wokingham, Berks, UK

Doug,
I can't speak to your specific PC, but it took me an extra few minutes to
get the WPC54G running in my Inspiron 5150 just today. I bought the card
yesterday to improve the range over the internal True Mobile 1300, which it
did greatly.
As to your question, I had to go into EVERY place I could apply settings to
configure the card. I used the Linksys utility, the XP utility, the utility
form device manager, and the wireless network configuration utility to
apply the settings. Once I did this, the card connected, with WEP
encryption, MAC address filtering and it improved my range by twofold.
I have an 802.111b setup with 3 desktops, 2 laptops, a pocket PC, WAP,
router and wireless signal booster.
Hope this helps,
Regards,
MG
"Doug Tredwell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Anybody know why my Linksys WMPC54G card won't work in a Dell Latitude
> laptop? Card works fine in my Sony Vaio. In fact I have 2 cards, one for
> each laptop. They both work in Sony Vaio but neither in Dell. Dell
reports
> "cable disconnected" ( now there's a thing; it's wireless). Power is on
on
> card. Drivers all installed and running OK.
>
> Can it be a "Cardbus Problem"? I have downloaded the Drivers for this
from
> Linksys - no difference.
>
> I'd love some help.
>
> Doug Tredwell
> Wokingham, Berks, UK
>
>