Why connection in ...

  • Thread starter Thread starter Deon
  • Start date Start date
D

Deon

Hi there,

Freshly installed WIN XP Pro with SP (without updates) and D-Link
wireless network card. (I have nothing else installed.)

Why is it that I cannot get a connection to my wireless router when
running in NORMAL mode, whereas when running in safe mode with network
support, I get perfectly well connected. This is rather annoying - who
wants to work in safe mode?

The config is:
Pentium II 350Hz processor with 128Meg RAM.

I will really appreciate your help here - I need to get this network
rolling.
 
If you have SP2 installed, then you may have a conflicy with D-Link's driver
and Windows WAP controls. Normally, it is suggested to disable the Windows
WAP controls, since the drivers should be handling the connections.
 
If you have SP2 installed, then you may have a conflicy with D-Link's
driver and Windows WAP controls. Normally, it is suggested to disable
the Windows WAP controls, since the drivers should be handling the
connections.


Deon said:
Hi there,

Freshly installed WIN XP Pro with SP (without updates) and D-Link
wireless network card. (I have nothing else installed.)

Why is it that I cannot get a connection to my wireless router when
running in NORMAL mode, whereas when running in safe mode with
network support, I get perfectly well connected. This is rather
annoying - who wants to work in safe mode?

The config is:
Pentium II 350Hz processor with 128Meg RAM.

I will really appreciate your help here - I need to get this network
rolling.
Click to expand...

Yves,
thanx for your reply.
Funny enough I have the same card (type) installed on another PC of mine
with SP2 installed. I first installed SP2 and then the drivers of D-
Link. Is there another way to do it?

(I'm a newby to wireless connections.)
Click to expand...
 
I think SP2 behave differently wheither on not it finds a wireless
connection before installing. After a fresh install, you do not have a
wireless driver installed yet so Windows WAP may take over. If you upgrade
to SP2, the wireless driver exists and Windows WAP may just turn itself off.
I am not sure of this, but I read other posts with this similar conflict.


 
Back
Top