tran.man48 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hey all, I just installed a dell truemobile 1490 wifi card (Broadcom 4311) into my HP dv6000. It was detected as an Airport extreme on boot, and I went on to configure it. When I selected my network and entered my password, it returned this error: "There was an error joining the AirPort network XXXXXX." Oddly, the card shows available signal under vista, but also refuses to connect. Could my card be defective? Or is this an OSX/configuration related issue? Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56385-dell-1490/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Well are you sure you are using the right type of security? Is your access point or router running WEP or WPA? Are you making sure you choose the appropriate option on your machine? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56385-dell-1490/#findComment-402980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilliamo Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hey all,I just installed a dell truemobile 1490 wifi card (Broadcom 4311) into my HP dv6000. It was detected as an Airport extreme on boot, and I went on to configure it. When I selected my network and entered my password, it returned this error: "There was an error joining the AirPort network XXXXXX." Oddly, the card shows available signal under vista, but also refuses to connect. Could my card be defective? Or is this an OSX/configuration related issue? Thanks in advance. Exactly which model DV6000 ? I thought all HP DV6000 models had a BIOS block which prevents using non-HP cards ? See <http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=31474&pid=339537&mode=threaded&start=#entry339537>. AFAIK, such a "whitelist" block prevents booting with the card installed, so perhaps you don't have the block in your particular model, or have already bypassed it. Assuming the network is yours, I'd turn off your network security temporarily and see if that solves the problem in OSX and/or Vista. If you still can't connect, then you may have a defective card. You may also want to check the seating of your '1490 card and the (tiny) antenna connections. G Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56385-dell-1490/#findComment-402986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tran.man48 Posted July 7, 2007 Author Share Posted July 7, 2007 Thanks everyone for your help. I found out that the problem is with my router not wanting to play well with the wifi card. It works perfectly everywhere else @ guilliamo: I have a dv6245us. I had to hack the bios to bypass the Wifi card whitelist. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/56385-dell-1490/#findComment-403188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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