WIRELESS NETWORKING PROBLEM

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Frustrated and Frazzled

I installed a wireles card adapter on my laptop that had
Windows 2000 OS. It was working fine. I upgraded to XP,
and now it will not pick up the TCP/IP address. I tried
a different brand wireless card adapter, same problem.
Both tech supports for the cards told me it's a problem
with the OS. Can someone tell me what's wrong? Can I
reverse the XP upgrade and go back to 2000 without having
to wipe out everything and reload? HELP!
 
Are you trying to talk to an Access Point? Did you set up the wireless
cards with WEP? What brand of wireless card is it, what brand of access
point?

Some companies allow you to use a passphrase to generate a WEP key. In a
lot of instances, XP will not take the passphrase, and the WEP key must be
manually typed in.

Take pieces out of the equation. Disable WEP for the moment. just use the
SSID. does this work. add WEP back in etc.
 
WEP is not enable. I first was successful using LinkSys
card adapter in 2000 OS. Did not work after XP upgrade.
Then tried D-Lik Card adapter, same thing. It picks up
the signal at 100 %, finds the SSID. However, but I
cannot connect. I am using SBC Yahoo DSL as my ISP. Is
the problem with the OS?
 
BTW, the access point is LinkSys wireless G WRT54G

I have another desktop that has no problem with it's
wireless adapter. all the problems started when I
upgraded to XP
 
Have you installed the latest drivers for your cards? For the Linksys, did
you try setting the RTS Threshold and Fragmentation Threshold to
2432 ( I've seen some settings have these mismatched between the AP and the
card ). DO you have the card set to Open System rather than Shared. does
this match the AP? Have you tried setting the Preamble mode to long? These
are settings mostly tweaked in the NIC properties. You should verify that
they match the AP. Also check MAC filtering on the AP.
 
Yes, they are the lates drivers. My main concern is that
there is a problem wtih XP. The card worked just fine in
2000. What would have changed the settings between the
card and the AP just because i upgraded? Should I
resintall the XP upgrade again?
 
My experience with the Linksys 54G series is that it
comes with software to help make the connection. Run any
third party utility or wizard that came with the card and
follow the on-screen prompts. Don't expect XP to be able
to do it all on its own, as XP may not be familiar with
the latest products and drivers.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, Jack
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BTW, the access point is LinkSys wireless G WRT54G

I have another desktop that has no problem with it's
wireless adapter. all the problems started when I
upgraded to XP
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Are you trying to talk to an Access Point? Did you set up the wireless
cards with WEP? What brand of wireless card is it, what brand of access
point?

Some companies allow you to use a passphrase to
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a WEP key. In a
lot of instances, XP will not take the passphrase, and the WEP key must be
manually typed in.

Take pieces out of the equation. Disable WEP for the moment. just use the
SSID. does this work. add WEP back in etc.

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"Frustrated and said:
I installed a wireles card adapter on my laptop that had
Windows 2000 OS. It was working fine. I upgraded to XP,
and now it will not pick up the TCP/IP address. I tried
a different brand wireless card adapter, same problem.
Both tech supports for the cards told me it's a problem
with the OS. Can someone tell me what's wrong? Can I
reverse the XP upgrade and go back to 2000 without having
to wipe out everything and reload? HELP!
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It might help to un-install and re-install the wireless network
adapter. It might help to download and install the latest XP drivers
for it.
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