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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.
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.