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Do HP pavilion laptops recognize US Robotics routers?

I have a new HP Pavilion dv6436nr laptop with built in WLAN but i can't connect to my wireless router. Every other computer in my house, including another HP laptop connect fine to the wireless, but not mine. I managed to connect to other wireless networks from neighbors' houses n such. When i went to set up the wireless network it asked me which brand router i had, US Robotics wasn't listed, so i clicked 'other' and it said it didn't support the router i chose. Sooo yeah, does anyone have a clue what I can do to get online?

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1. Your buit-in wireless card should be able to connect to any wireless router that supports 802.11b/g standards, regardless of the router or laptops' brand or model. Make sure the wireless card is configured to use both 802.11b and 802.11g. You can do this from the wireless card software utility that came with your hp laptop ...or by going to your wirless card properties -> configure -> advanced -> wireless mode. Make sure the value is set to use 802.11b/g or 802.11a/b/g.
2. yes it should. make sure that the router is configured to send out wireless. if anything its a setting on your laptop. make sure you dont have a static ip address for the wireless nic