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I have a dual boot laptop Dell Inspiron 1501

my wireless router is broadcasting on channel 13 (this is legal in UK, and is a good way to avoid interference with dozen of other networks in a neighbourhood)

Ubuntu is able to see my network and happily connects to it. Windows 7 is not seeing my network, not even after i changed my location in Control Panel to UK.

my other Windows xp laptop - is able to connect to wireless no problem.

please do not suggest to switch the channel.

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I suppose I have to ask... is the dual-boot xp install from a UK install disc or another country? Not implying you've pirated the license, however I'm sure the coding is changed between them for lawful purposes. – Mechaflash Jan 31 at 18:44
What is the make / model of the wireless card? It's like that the driver is restricting access to that channel. You will probably have to find an alternative driver. – vcsjones Jan 31 at 18:46
Driver is probably US centric. Is it possible to drop in another driver possibly from Broadcom or whoever manufactured it? – gmoney Jan 31 at 18:50
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