IE cannot connect - Wireless on XP SP2

[Jon Burlingham]

I have two computers using Linksys wireless cards that were working fine on
XP SP1. The first is a laptop using the Linksys WPC54G wireless card and the
second is a desktop using a Linksys PCI wireless adapter. Both connect to a
Linksys Wireless Switch/Router. After XP SP2 was installed, the wireless
cards connect with excellent strength, get an IP address and DNS servers thru
the wireless router's DHCP, but their Internet Explorer will not connect to
any web sites.

To simplify troubleshooting, I concentrated on the laptop. By taking out the
wireless card and wiring the same laptop to the same switch using the
embedded ethernet port, Internet Explorer works fine. OK, so that narrowed
down that it must be something in the wireless drivers. I uninstalled the
wireless card and all of the Linksys programs from Add/Remove programs. I
have downloaded and installed the latest wireless card drivers and talked to
Linksys Tech Support to no avail. Same problem. They claim it is an SP2
problem.

I tried the NETSH fixes recommended in other posts on this board to fix the
IP stack and Winsock, and have also tried disabling the UpNp in the router to
no avail. Also disabled the Internet Connection Firewall, Wireless Zero
Configuration stuff, and even uninstalled XP SP2. Whatever it did stayed with
it after the uninstall. Very frustrating.

Anyone else out there have a fix? Thanks in advance.


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Jon Burlingham

[Jon Burlingham]

Seems that Linksys has a firmware upgrade for their router that fixes issues
with Wireless and XP SP2. Will apply it and post the outcome here...

"Jon Burlingham" wrote:

> I have two computers using Linksys wireless cards that were working fine on
> XP SP1. The first is a laptop using the Linksys WPC54G wireless card and the
> second is a desktop using a Linksys PCI wireless adapter. Both connect to a
> Linksys Wireless Switch/Router. After XP SP2 was installed, the wireless
> cards connect with excellent strength, get an IP address and DNS servers thru
> the wireless router's DHCP, but their Internet Explorer will not connect to
> any web sites.
>
> To simplify troubleshooting, I concentrated on the laptop. By taking out the
> wireless card and wiring the same laptop to the same switch using the
> embedded ethernet port, Internet Explorer works fine. OK, so that narrowed
> down that it must be something in the wireless drivers. I uninstalled the
> wireless card and all of the Linksys programs from Add/Remove programs. I
> have downloaded and installed the latest wireless card drivers and talked to
> Linksys Tech Support to no avail. Same problem. They claim it is an SP2
> problem.
>
> I tried the NETSH fixes recommended in other posts on this board to fix the
> IP stack and Winsock, and have also tried disabling the UpNp in the router to
> no avail. Also disabled the Internet Connection Firewall, Wireless Zero
> Configuration stuff, and even uninstalled XP SP2. Whatever it did stayed with
> it after the uninstall. Very frustrating.
>
> Anyone else out there have a fix? Thanks in advance.
>
>
> --
> Jon Burlingham