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Wireless network flakey after upgrade to XP
Hi, all
I've just upgraded one of our home computers from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Home. I actually replaced the system unit, keeping the old hard drive, and did an upgrade, rather than a new install. The computer is connected to our wireless network using a Linksys WUSB11 ver. 2.5 adapter. This is an 802.11b adapter that connects to the computer via USB. At the other end is a Linksys BEFW11S4 router connected to an ADSL modem. I'm using DHCP and WEP for the wireless LAN. Under Windows 98, the wireless connection was pretty reliable. The signal strength was always pretty high, and I was able to get to the Internet from the computer, and to access a printer shared by the computer from a second computer (which is wired to the router). After the upgrade, the network is really flakey. The signal strength shown by the Linksys config utility varies up and down wildly. The computer can usually access the Internet right after boot-up; but after a minute or two, it stops being able to connect. Similarly, I was able to print once from the second computer, but soon that failed too. The network setup wizard in XP Home wants me to choose from a couple of network setups. I chose the one with all computers connected to a hub, which is connected to a modem going to the Internet. My setup is slightly different, since I have a full router, not a hub. I'm running ZoneAlarm on the computer, but disabling it doesn't seem to help. I have the latest driver I can find installed - not very recent, though. When I installed it, it upgraded the firmware on the WUSB11. Any suggestions for things to look at, or things to try? Thanks! - rick |
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Wireless network flakey after upgrade to XP
Hi,
Try disabling the 802.1x authentication on your wireless network card properties. If 802.1x authentication is enabled on your wireless network card and if your access point doesn't support this authentication the connection will be disconnected after a few minutes. To disable 802.1x authenication over your wireless network card... 1.. Click Start, point to Connect To, click Show all connections, and then double-click your wireless network adapter. 2.. On the General tab, click Properties. 3.. Click the Wireless Networks tab. 4.. Under Preferred Networks, click your home network, and then click Properties. 5.. Click Data encryption (WEP enabled). 6.. Click the Association tab, and then click to clear the Network Authentication (Shared mode) check box and the The key is provided for me automatically check box, if they are selected. 7.. Click the Authentication tab, and then click to clear the Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network check box, if it is selected. 8.. Click OK two times to accept the changes. -- Gary Tsang Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User http://www.microsoft.com/mvp "rick cameron" wrote in message ... Hi, all I've just upgraded one of our home computers from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Home. I actually replaced the system unit, keeping the old hard drive, and did an upgrade, rather than a new install. The computer is connected to our wireless network using a Linksys WUSB11 ver. 2.5 adapter. This is an 802.11b adapter that connects to the computer via USB. At the other end is a Linksys BEFW11S4 router connected to an ADSL modem. I'm using DHCP and WEP for the wireless LAN. Under Windows 98, the wireless connection was pretty reliable. The signal strength was always pretty high, and I was able to get to the Internet from the computer, and to access a printer shared by the computer from a second computer (which is wired to the router). After the upgrade, the network is really flakey. The signal strength shown by the Linksys config utility varies up and down wildly. The computer can usually access the Internet right after boot-up; but after a minute or two, it stops being able to connect. Similarly, I was able to print once from the second computer, but soon that failed too. The network setup wizard in XP Home wants me to choose from a couple of network setups. I chose the one with all computers connected to a hub, which is connected to a modem going to the Internet. My setup is slightly different, since I have a full router, not a hub. I'm running ZoneAlarm on the computer, but disabling it doesn't seem to help. I have the latest driver I can find installed - not very recent, though. When I installed it, it upgraded the firmware on the WUSB11. Any suggestions for things to look at, or things to try? Thanks! - rick |
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Wireless network flakey after upgrade to XP
rick cameron wrote:
Hi, all I've just upgraded one of our home computers from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Home. I actually replaced the system unit, keeping the old hard drive, and did an upgrade, rather than a new install. The computer is connected to our wireless network using a Linksys WUSB11 ver. 2.5 adapter. This is an 802.11b adapter that connects to the computer via USB. At the other end is a Linksys BEFW11S4 router connected to an ADSL modem. I'm using DHCP and WEP for the wireless LAN. Under Windows 98, the wireless connection was pretty reliable. The signal strength was always pretty high, and I was able to get to the Internet from the computer, and to access a printer shared by the computer from a second computer (which is wired to the router). After the upgrade, the network is really flakey. The signal strength shown by the Linksys config utility varies up and down wildly. The computer can usually access the Internet right after boot-up; but after a minute or two, it stops being able to connect. Similarly, I was able to print once from the second computer, but soon that failed too. The network setup wizard in XP Home wants me to choose from a couple of network setups. I chose the one with all computers connected to a hub, which is connected to a modem going to the Internet. My setup is slightly different, since I have a full router, not a hub. I'm running ZoneAlarm on the computer, but disabling it doesn't seem to help. I have the latest driver I can find installed - not very recent, though. When I installed it, it upgraded the firmware on the WUSB11. Any suggestions for things to look at, or things to try? Thanks! - rick Flakey signal strength may mean that some connection is bad; power down and reseat the connectors (USB and the wallwart if any). Flakey wireless connections can also result from interference (2.4 GHz phones, WiFi from neighboring houses, etc. By the way, you should have told the Net Wiz that you get to the net through a Residential Gateway; RG is M$'s term for a router. -- Cheers, Bob |
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Wireless network flakey after upgrade to XP
Hi, Bob
There was indeed another wireless network - also Linksys - in the neighbourhood. I switched channels (from 6 to 11) and that helped. Do you think rerunning the Net Wiz & choosing RG would help? What effect does the choice you make in Net Wiz have, anyway? In the properties for the wireless adapter there's a choice of Authentication Algorithm, with 3 options: WECA and two related to WEP. Unfortunately the combo box isn't wide enough to show all the text of the options! I think this was originally set to WECA, but while trying to improve the reliability of the connection, I changed this to one of the WEP options. Can anyone explain what these three options mean, and suggest which one might be appropriate? Thanks again! - rick "Bob Willard" wrote in message ... rick cameron wrote: Flakey signal strength may mean that some connection is bad; power down and reseat the connectors (USB and the wallwart if any). Flakey wireless connections can also result from interference (2.4 GHz phones, WiFi from neighboring houses, etc. By the way, you should have told the Net Wiz that you get to the net through a Residential Gateway; RG is M$'s term for a router. -- Cheers, Bob |
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Wireless network flakey after upgrade to XP
Thanks, Gary. I'll check on this.
- Rick "Gary Tsang" wrote in message ... Hi, Try disabling the 802.1x authentication on your wireless network card properties. If 802.1x authentication is enabled on your wireless network card and if your access point doesn't support this authentication the connection will be disconnected after a few minutes. To disable 802.1x authenication over your wireless network card... 1.. Click Start, point to Connect To, click Show all connections, and then double-click your wireless network adapter. 2.. On the General tab, click Properties. 3.. Click the Wireless Networks tab. 4.. Under Preferred Networks, click your home network, and then click Properties. 5.. Click Data encryption (WEP enabled). 6.. Click the Association tab, and then click to clear the Network Authentication (Shared mode) check box and the The key is provided for me automatically check box, if they are selected. 7.. Click the Authentication tab, and then click to clear the Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network check box, if it is selected. 8.. Click OK two times to accept the changes. -- Gary Tsang Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User http://www.microsoft.com/mvp "rick cameron" wrote in message ... Hi, all I've just upgraded one of our home computers from Windows 98 SE to Windows XP Home. I actually replaced the system unit, keeping the old hard drive, and did an upgrade, rather than a new install. The computer is connected to our wireless network using a Linksys WUSB11 ver. 2.5 adapter. This is an 802.11b adapter that connects to the computer via USB. At the other end is a Linksys BEFW11S4 router connected to an ADSL modem. I'm using DHCP and WEP for the wireless LAN. Under Windows 98, the wireless connection was pretty reliable. The signal strength was always pretty high, and I was able to get to the Internet from the computer, and to access a printer shared by the computer from a second computer (which is wired to the router). After the upgrade, the network is really flakey. The signal strength shown by the Linksys config utility varies up and down wildly. The computer can usually access the Internet right after boot-up; but after a minute or two, it stops being able to connect. Similarly, I was able to print once from the second computer, but soon that failed too. The network setup wizard in XP Home wants me to choose from a couple of network setups. I chose the one with all computers connected to a hub, which is connected to a modem going to the Internet. My setup is slightly different, since I have a full router, not a hub. I'm running ZoneAlarm on the computer, but disabling it doesn't seem to help. I have the latest driver I can find installed - not very recent, though. When I installed it, it upgraded the firmware on the WUSB11. Any suggestions for things to look at, or things to try? Thanks! - rick |
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Wireless network flakey after upgrade to XP
This only works with WEP encryption. Do you have instructions for
WPA-PSK encryption? "Enable IEEE 802.1x ..." is greyed out and cannot be unchecked. Help, BadB0y2K On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 21:20:33 -0500, "Gary Tsang" wrote: Hi, Try disabling the 802.1x authentication on your wireless network card properties. If 802.1x authentication is enabled on your wireless network card and if your access point doesn't support this authentication the connection will be disconnected after a few minutes. To disable 802.1x authenication over your wireless network card... 1.. Click Start, point to Connect To, click Show all connections, and then double-click your wireless network adapter. 2.. On the General tab, click Properties. 3.. Click the Wireless Networks tab. 4.. Under Preferred Networks, click your home network, and then click Properties. 5.. Click Data encryption (WEP enabled). 6.. Click the Association tab, and then click to clear the Network Authentication (Shared mode) check box and the The key is provided for me automatically check box, if they are selected. 7.. Click the Authentication tab, and then click to clear the Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network check box, if it is selected. 8.. Click OK two times to accept the changes. |
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