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    new laptop borks up router

    i have an older wireless router that is connected to a dsl modem.

    network is as follows:
    hardwired:
    .....laserjet printer
    .....xp pc
    .....vista pc
    .....win 7 pc
    wireless:
    .....old xp pc
    .....xp netbook
    .....ps3

    when i introduce my new laptop (win 7), whether it be by turning on the wireless card or plugging it directly (cat 5), i get a limited access network msg followed by my router cycling on and off until i unplug the laptop.

    ive tried disabling home groups, disabling ipv6 ... but i cant seem to figure out why this laptop causes my router to behave badly (i think it may have soemthing to do with win 7; with the exception that i have a pc wired into the router no problems)

    my router is old, Dlink DI-524, i believe. i tried upgrading the firmare to 1.5 but that didnt do anything besides wipe my settings and rename my connection.

    thanks for any suggestions you might have!

    running

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    You need a new router. Much as I hate to say it.

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    kinda figured that. anything on this page stand out?

    http://www.salescircular.com/va/computer/wrlsnp.shtml

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    WRT-610N by Linksys I have installed and like.

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    well, i had to retire a perfectly good operating wireless router. everything works now, thanks!

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    Some of us run into that very same problem with ipv6 and that new router was the only fix.

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