Vista 32bit Dell 1535, 802.11 wireless stopped working. Fixed 
This happen on Jan 25. I was online, and the wireless stopped working, did not change settings. It says it has excellent signal strength, and locates the signal from the DLink yet it will not connected with the wireless 802.11, but does connect with an ethernet wired connection. Called Dell to Troubleshooted problem, they said it is a known software problem not covered by my warranty, cannot afford to pay for fix. Have been all over the internet, for a known software issue no one seems to be having the exact same issue. I have since formatted the computer. Dell says the card is fine since it works with the ethernet. I have a second latop Dell Inspiron 1545 and it works just fine, so I know it is not the DLink. Has anyone else had, and fixed this problem?
From another thread, required restart. Also reset modem and Dlink. Here is a copy paste of an earlier thread (Red text) that fixed my problem THANK YOU WarriorMP!!!
This happen on Jan 25. I was online, and the wireless stopped working, did not change settings. It says it has excellent signal strength, and locates the signal from the DLink yet it will not connected with the wireless 802.11, but does connect with an ethernet wired connection. Called Dell to Troubleshooted problem, they said it is a known software problem not covered by my warranty, cannot afford to pay for fix. Have been all over the internet, for a known software issue no one seems to be having the exact same issue. I have since formatted the computer. Dell says the card is fine since it works with the ethernet. I have a second latop Dell Inspiron 1545 and it works just fine, so I know it is not the DLink. Has anyone else had, and fixed this problem?
From another thread, required restart. Also reset modem and Dlink. Here is a copy paste of an earlier thread (Red text) that fixed my problem THANK YOU WarriorMP!!!
My appologies,
I should have updated this thread. As it happens I found the solution as to why it wouldn't connect through a router.
I have this nifty little nVidia "Network Controller Test Utility" that I ran at the beginning of all this. See, this computer was given to me for the very same reason this thread was posted. Anyway, at first I didn't make the connection but at the bottom of the utility after the test was run there was a note: " Swap cable for known good and check that Auto-Negotiation settings match that of the PC you're connected to..." or some such. I took that to mean set to Auto Negotiation (which it was).
Well, after a series of Driver Uninstalls and reinstalls I finally got things back to where they belong and was able to run the utility again. After reading that same note I went into "Device Manager" then "Network Controller" "Properties" and under the "Speed & Duplex" Setting I changed it from Auto to 100Mbps @ Full Duplex. Shortly there after
the system recognized the router and began setting up the network configuration. So, Long story shot... Problem Solved!
Thank you though for your input.
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