Linksys WMP11 and Windows XP Pro conflict

[Yeimi]

I've searched the newsgroups for awhile and have found similar issues
to what I'm currently experiencing, but none with solutions that are
relevant.

I'm configuring a small wireless network for an office. There is a
Verizon DSL connection running into Linksys BEFW11S4 router & access
point. The router is running DHCP and for now, no security in terms
of WEP or filtering.
Every computer has a Linksys WMP wireless PCI card installed, and
every computer is receiving DHCP addresses easily with the exception
of one computer, a new Dell workstation running Windows XP
Professional. After installing the card and drivers, the card was
able to identify the wlan SSID. When I attempt to connect, the
network connection still displays "Wireless Connection Unavailable."

Fine. So I installed the Linksys configuration utility that came with
the device. It sees the SSID with a strong signal. I connect to it.
I get IP settings from the router. I can ping yahoo.com. The system
tray and network connections still tell me that I'm disconnected. A
minute or so later, I have nothing. From the command line I receive a
"media disconnected" error and thus I cannot ping anything. At this
point I reinstalled the drivers and the device several times, even
trying a different PCI slot. Because the card had installed so
flawlessly on the other systems (running everything from Millenium to
XP Home and Pro) I assumed it was most likely a bunk card from
Linksys. They exchanged the card.

I started from scratch with the new card, same problem. Unless I
missed something, I can't seem to find a more recent version of the
driver to try (3.8.28.0). Not that I should need it since it works
fine on the other PCs, including a very similar Dell. All the network
services are running appropriately. Every configuration is identical
to the machines that are working.

I am essentially out of ideas. The only logical thing I can come up
with at this point is that somehow the registry is corrupted on this
one box, seeing as it's not a hardware issue.

Anyone?

 

[guitarfly]

Had the same problem. Here is the solution I found on the
internet that works (it might not be very secure to do
this though. Is this what you mean by "not relevant" of a
fix?):

1. Disable 802.1x authentification on the client side.
2. Uncheck LMHOSTS

Below is the detailed instructions quoted off of the
website. I had the same problem. Linksys WMP11 wireless
card dropping the signal for absolutely no reason every
10 minuets. This fixed it for me.

guitarfly

(excerpt from http://www.tek-tips.com/)

"bcastner (IS/IT--Manageme) Jun 7, 2003
The dropouts are likely due to enabling 802.1x
authentication on the client side. Turn this off.

Use either the Netgear client, or Wireless Zero
Configuration on the XP clients, not both.

The SSID does not have to be the same as your Workgroup
name, it can be anything. Just remember that it is case
sensitive.

The APs should be on different channels, same WEP, same
SSID. Try channels 1, 6, 11 for the APs.

Check the client configuration for the adapters, you do
not want any power management enabled.

Check the client adapters to make certain that Client for
Microsoft Networking, file and Printer Sharing, are both
applied to the wireless adapter. The wired NIC does not
matter. Check the TCP/IP properties for the wireless
adapter to make sure that obtain an IP automaticly is
enabled, and that under Advanced, WINS, that LMHOST is
uncecked and Enable Netbios over TCP/IP is enabled.

Check the Netgear web-site for both router and client
adapter firmware or driver upgrades.
"