M
Marvin
I have a rather unfortunate problem with my home network. I use a
DI-624 DSL wireless router and have 2 computers connected using
DWL-G520 Rev A2 wireless network cards. The problems are as follows:
1. Even with the latest driver and utility installed the
configuration utility does not work under XP Pro as delivered, XP Pro
with SP1 or XP Pro with SP2.
2. Under SP1 I can configure the cards manually and they function
properly.
3. If I allow the OS to update automatically from Microsoft at some
point the cards stop working properly. If SP2 is installed the cards
stop working properly immediately. They will only work under SP2 with
WEP disabled which is a security risk.
4. Under SP2 I have followed the D-Link advice to disable the
wireless zero service and manually configure the card. The card sees
the SSID and reports full signal strength but it will not connect
unless WEP is disabled.
In case of other conflicts I did a complete clean reload of the OS
without any software additional to XP installed and with the firewall
off. The character of the problem is unchanged.
The signal strength is excellent, with all devices currently in the
same room. All are in direct line of sight. There are no sources of
interference such as bluetooth devices, cordless phones, other radio
signals, etc.
I doubt that it can be an isolated hardware problem because I have two
identical cards behaving in the same way. There must be a fundamental
incompatibility between the firmware for these cards and Windows XP as
the config utility does not work under any revision of XP. It will
not load and states "card not found" on a mouse rollover of the icon
in the system tray.
I have exhausted information on D-Link sites and telephone support but
I hope someone has had a similar problem and found a solution.
If anyone has any ideas they would be gratefully received. I do not
want to freeze the systems at SP1 due to security holes and I would
hate to waste my investment on wireless networking.
DI-624 DSL wireless router and have 2 computers connected using
DWL-G520 Rev A2 wireless network cards. The problems are as follows:
1. Even with the latest driver and utility installed the
configuration utility does not work under XP Pro as delivered, XP Pro
with SP1 or XP Pro with SP2.
2. Under SP1 I can configure the cards manually and they function
properly.
3. If I allow the OS to update automatically from Microsoft at some
point the cards stop working properly. If SP2 is installed the cards
stop working properly immediately. They will only work under SP2 with
WEP disabled which is a security risk.
4. Under SP2 I have followed the D-Link advice to disable the
wireless zero service and manually configure the card. The card sees
the SSID and reports full signal strength but it will not connect
unless WEP is disabled.
In case of other conflicts I did a complete clean reload of the OS
without any software additional to XP installed and with the firewall
off. The character of the problem is unchanged.
The signal strength is excellent, with all devices currently in the
same room. All are in direct line of sight. There are no sources of
interference such as bluetooth devices, cordless phones, other radio
signals, etc.
I doubt that it can be an isolated hardware problem because I have two
identical cards behaving in the same way. There must be a fundamental
incompatibility between the firmware for these cards and Windows XP as
the config utility does not work under any revision of XP. It will
not load and states "card not found" on a mouse rollover of the icon
in the system tray.
I have exhausted information on D-Link sites and telephone support but
I hope someone has had a similar problem and found a solution.
If anyone has any ideas they would be gratefully received. I do not
want to freeze the systems at SP1 due to security holes and I would
hate to waste my investment on wireless networking.