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Boiata   09-08-2006 at 04:09:28 PM

Hi,

I bought an Acer Aspire 3620 a couple of days ago. It has integrated wireless LAN. I installed Windows XP Professional SP2. But the wireless LAN was not detected. The device manager shows me that there is an unknown "Network controller". I decided that the problem is that I don't have the driver. I downloaded all lan drivers I found on acer's website. But none of them worked. Than I tried the driver for their Invilink something. Didn't work again. Now actually I don't have wireless LAN.

Anyone experienced something like this and can give some directions?

Thanks in advance.

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oudie   10-03-2006 at 09:04:05 PM
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Acer does not provide the right drivers on their site.
You have to get the Wireless drivers from Intel.com
if it is a Centrino chip you have, look up Centrino Wireless driver.
it is probably the 2200BC (BC stands for Broadcom)

Acer is so stupid, they brand a product put their name on it and don't even know how to support it.

let me know how it goes

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digitalpunk   10-20-2006 at 06:02:00 AM
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bioata,
I have a acer aspire 3620 and had no problems in installing the driver..
its a atheros AR5BMB5...
it works perfectly fine..
the file which you download from the site is a AS3620_80211BG have to unzip the file there you will find two files one is BROADCON and other is FOXCONN use the foxconn file and run the setup..
everything will work out fine..

digitalpunk

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suprcharg   11-17-2006 at 09:48:30 PM
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Did you ever solve this problem? I am having exactly the same problem after installing XP Pro. Except I don't even have an "unidentified network controller" in my device manager. Acer support told me the atheros AR5BMB5 drivers that they supply don't work in XP Pro. I'd rather buy a wireless PC card than go back to XP home

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digitalpunk   11-19-2006 at 04:26:19 AM
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I had installed win xp pro sp2 and atheros wireless was working fine as i said i quoted earlier you have to download the file from acer website.. look for the file called AS3620_80211bg.zip unzip and click on the setup.exe in the foxconn file... and you have your drivers installed...

update me on how it goes!

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suprcharg   11-19-2006 at 10:38:35 PM
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I did download them file from the site and had their support send it to me to make sure. I'm concerned as to why it doesn't show up in the device manager with a !
Thanks for the reply.

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digitalpunk   11-22-2006 at 03:26:21 AM
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So everything is working fine its seems...

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suprcharg   11-22-2006 at 05:14:27 PM
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nope. The wireless adapter has disappeared since I installed XP Pro.

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digitalpunk   11-28-2006 at 03:25:59 AM
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try to check it in the device manager is it there or not witha question mark?

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suprcharg   11-28-2006 at 05:28:39 AM
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All of the devices in the manager are working properly. It just isn't there anymore. Just the Wired adapter shows up. :)

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BuckinBilly   11-14-2008 at 05:02:10 AM
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I just downloaded and installed the driver successfully on Windows XP Pro SP2 for the Atheros ar5bmb5. I installed onto a Toshiba Satellite A100-259 with no issues whatsoever. See my link below.
http://support.acer-euro.com/drive [...] _3680.html
regards Chris Bill Computer Engineer A+ N+ WSCSE+ http://www.portland-bill.co.uk

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BuckinBilly   11-14-2008 at 05:08:50 AM
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Sorry let me make myself clearer: I just downloaded and installed the driver successfully on Windows XP Pro SP2 for the Atheros ar5bmb5. I installed onto a Toshiba Satellite A100-259 with no issues whatsoever. I used a link on the Acer site below. When you arrive at the site select 'Wireless LAN Driver Atheros V4.2.2.21_Max' from the drop down menu.

http://support.acer-euro.com/drive [...] _3680.html

Chris Bill Computer Engineer A+ N+ MCP.
http://www.portland-bill.co.uk

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adventsammy   01-27-2009 at 03:27:42 PM
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oudie wrote :

Acer does not provide the right drivers on their site.
You have to get the Wireless drivers from Intel.com
if it is a Centrino chip you have, look up Centrino Wireless driver.
it is probably the 2200BC (BC stands for Broadcom)

Acer is so stupid, they brand a product put their name on it and don't even know how to support it.

let me know how it goes




Thank you so much! You have solved my problem on this wireless thing. Rock on!

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abdbaith47   05-29-2009 at 06:51:51 PM
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thanks....it really works... :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

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