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Hello, Notebook with Vista Basic, Wireless AR5008 Atheros Network card. I upgraded my internal mini-pci network card (wireless G to wireless N) on my notebook. (Atheros AR5008 from the older AR5007 model) My router is a Wireless 2-WIRE model provided with my internet service. The router is configured with Mac Filtering Enabled. The only item changed are the drivers in VISTA when I installed the new card (from AR5007 to AR5008), and adding the new MAC address and removing the old one in the router. All other wireless devices work perfectly when Mac Filtering is enabled and they are entered into the allow list. Is this some sort of settings on the VISTA side that I am missing? I have double-checked the Mac address. I even allowed the router to automatically detect the Atheros AR5008 MAC Address into the "Allow" list. As soon as mac filtering is turned on in the router, the VISTA machine gets disconnected to the network. Right now, my solution is to turn off Mac Filtering, but I really like some ideas on why this would happen, and if there is anything I can check? Clarifications and updates, assembled from comments posted later: Just an update, I did manage to solve this problem. It's a bug (I believe) in the 2Wire router. It kept pulling up the old mac address of the discarded wireless card, even when I entered the new mac address manually. Of course you can't tell this is happening because it replaces the mac address with the computer name. The only way around this problem was by giving the computer a different name, then, the router sees this a new machine and adds the proper mac address to its allow list. Weird. |
The question has been closed Dec 17 at 11:19 PM ago by RotBlitz for the following reason "The question is answered, right answer was accepted".
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Does the 2-wire router have any old entries of your computer left in its list of local devices? If so, remove all of them. It may be better to completely remove the entry for the computer on which you switched network cards, and then have it added as a new entry. Are you using Atheros wireless utility, or are you using Windows Vista's built-in wireless features? I am using Vista's built in wireless features. I am not using Atheros software utilities (I am only using the Vista installed driver) No old entries appear in the list of local devices.
Feb 08 at 11:14 PM
Eric
Then it is hard to come up with any viable theories or suggestions of things to try. Perhaps you will have better chances of finding someone who can help you on a forum focused specifically on 2-wire routers or home network appliances in general. This site is primarily focused on the use of DynDNS services.
Feb 08 at 11:23 PM
VikingTiger ♦
Thanks. I will try that.
Feb 09 at 02:20 AM
Eric
Just an update, I did manage to solve this problem. Its a bug (I believe) in the 2Wire router. It kept pulling up the old mac address of the discarded wireless card, even when I entered the new mac address manually. Of course you can't tell this is happening because it replaces the mac address with the computer name. The only way around this problem was by giving the computer a different name, then, the router sees this a new machine and adds the proper mac address to its allow list. Wierd.
Feb 09 at 03:53 AM
Eric
Thanks for the update. I have edited your original question, to make it simpler for others in the same situation to benefit from your experience in the future.
Feb 09 at 01:30 PM
VikingTiger ♦
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Just a note that this was not a Vista specific problem. The problem would exist for any operating system. It is a problem with the router.