Wireless coonectivity on start up

[Guest]

I have a new Vista premium Fujitsu Siemens laptop bought for my parents. I am
setting it up to run on boot, mail and internet explorer with 8 tabs open so
that the amount of typing and clicking they have to do is minimised.
However the laptop does not appear to allow connection to a wireless
connection at start up. Instead you have to wait until it fails click on the
network icon in the system tray diagnose why windows cannot find any network;
wait for vista to work out that there is no wirelss connectivity, click on
the repair wireless connectivity then vista repair itself. Fujitsu state that
this is a feature of XP (!).
Question 1 Can I switch on the connectiivity on startup to allow this to
happen seamlessly.
Question 2 If this is not possible is there some way of creating a shortcut
which would allow the click of one button rather than going through the
learning experience each time that the connectivity requires to be switched
on.

 

[Guest]

Hi,
If I correctly understood, your problem is that you wireless connection to
your router is not restored when windows starts.
If yes then it seems you're having the same problem I did. If you use the
automatic settings in the tcp/ip protocol, change it to manual and enter all
the information, ip, subnet mask, gateway and dns if you use it.

....at least it worked for me.

Paul

 

[Guest]

Thanks PaulV but I am not using DHCP and have three other PCs connected
wirelelssly through a linksys wireless usb adapter. It appears to be a
feature of the laptop.

 

[Guest]

Do you use any WEP or WPA encryption?

Thanks PaulV but I am not using DHCP and have three other PCs connected
wirelelssly through a linksys wireless usb adapter. It appears to be a
feature of the laptop.

 

[Guest]

Yes I have WEP but that is not the issue

The laptop switches off connectivity, Vista looks and says "Turn on wireless
capability" and starts quite happily thereafter. If I could establish the
routine that Vista uses then I could include it at Startup or create a
shortcut on the desktop.

 

[Gloria Boyer [MSFT]]

Draag, do you have "Connect automatically when this network is in range"
selected in the wireless network properties? (In Network and Sharing Center,
click "Manage wireless networks" and then right-click the connection and
click Properties.)

No, this is not normal Vista behavior. I suppose it's possible that it is
some "feature" of your NIC.

Thanks,
Gloria