Network must be "Repair"ed on each startup

[Russell W. Coover]

I have a wireless network connecting 3 computers, 2 desktops and a laptop.
The laptop is running WindowsXP Home Service Pack 2. The network router is a
Netgear WGT624 and the Laptop is connected through a Netgear WG511T. I allow
the Operating Sytem to configure the network.

After each startup of the laptop, I must click on the Wireless Network Icon
in my System Tray. Depending upon whether or not my click is a "left click"
or a "right click", I must then either click on "Support" and then on
"Repair" or simply click on "Repair". Once this has been done and the OS
completes the repair, I can then connect with the network and the internet.

Is there someway to make sure the connection works after startup without the
repair being done?

Russell W. Coover

 

[Sharrie Wilson]

http://windows.about.com/gi/dynamic...upport.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=289256

If you're using one of the latest versions of Windows (XP, or Server 2003),
you may have noticed (when you have the Network Connections window open)
that if you right-click a network connection, there is a "repair" option in
the menu that appears. You may have wondered, like me, what exactly that
means. Well wonder no more, because here is exactly what Windows does, in
order, when you tell it to repair a network connection:
a.. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) lease is renewed
(ipconfig /renew)
b.. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache is flushed (arp -d *)
c.. Reload of the NetBIOS name cache (nbtstat -R)
d.. NetBIOS name update is sent (nbtstat -RR)
e.. Domain Name System (DNS) cache is flushed (ipconfig /flushdns)
f.. DNS name registration (ipconfig /registerdns)
g.. IEEE 802.1X Authentication Restart (WinXP SP1 or later)

 

[Russell W. Coover]

Thank you very much, Sharrie. Yes, that's what happens when I click on
"Repair", but I still need to find a way to not have to do this each time I
start the computer. I guess that a script could be written to do this at
startup, but, frankly, I'm not sure how to write it so that the last item in
startup is this "Repair". So what I'd like to get is a way to insure that
the "Repair" is not neccessary.

Russ Coover

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Thank you very much, Sharrie. Yes, that's what happens when I click on
"Repair", but I still need to find a way to not have to do this each time I
start the computer. I guess that a script could be written to do this at
startup, but, frankly, I'm not sure how to write it so that the last item in
startup is this "Repair". So what I'd like to get is a way to insure that
the "Repair" is not neccessary.

Russ,

if this is a normal home computer without any special
development software on it, I would recommend to read:
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm#Winsock_corruption

If this doesn't solve the problem, read the subsequent chapter
on repairing the IP stack.

Hans-Georg