Wireless Networking Problem

[Art]

I have an IBM Thinkpad laptop running XP Professional SP1 that has a
wireless Belkin card. I have been able to connect to my home network
but the card turns off after about 15 minutes (sometimes less, like 10
minutes). When this happens, I need to either disable the network
connection and then enable to get the network re-connected or I need to
remove the card for a second and push it back in. Any ideas?

I also installed SP2 last night and then could not connect to the
network not matter what I tried (turning off the firewall was the major
obstacle). I was getting the auto-configured IP Address (169...) I
finally had to restore back to before the SP2 install.

Thanks
Art

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I suggest you visit the experts in the Wireless Networking Newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...=microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
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| I have an IBM Thinkpad laptop running XP Professional SP1 that has a
| wireless Belkin card. I have been able to connect to my home network
| but the card turns off after about 15 minutes (sometimes less, like 10
| minutes). When this happens, I need to either disable the network
| connection and then enable to get the network re-connected or I need to
| remove the card for a second and push it back in. Any ideas?
|
| I also installed SP2 last night and then could not connect to the
| network not matter what I tried (turning off the firewall was the major
| obstacle). I was getting the auto-configured IP Address (169...) I
| finally had to restore back to before the SP2 install.
|
| Thanks
| Art

 

[John E. Carty]

I have an IBM Thinkpad laptop running XP Professional SP1 that has a
wireless Belkin card. I have been able to connect to my home network but
the card turns off after about 15 minutes (sometimes less, like 10
minutes). When this happens, I need to either disable the network
connection and then enable to get the network re-connected or I need to
remove the card for a second and push it back in. Any ideas?

I also installed SP2 last night and then could not connect to the network
not matter what I tried (turning off the firewall was the major obstacle).
I was getting the auto-configured IP Address (169...) I finally had to
restore back to before the SP2 install.

Thanks
Art

Make sure there are no settings in power management allowing the card to be
turned off and if you look at the NIC in Device Manager see if it has a
power (possibly under an advanced button or tab) option and set the power
level to the highest setting. Hope this helps

 

[MGGP]

Many wireless cards need a newer driver after installing
service pack 2 in Windows XP. It's very common.

Check the IBM website's FAQ area for additional
information about your particular card, there may be other
reports of this behavior.

Also check your wireless access point or router for
settings that might disconnect a wireless connection after
so many minutes of inactivity - even in the presence of
activity the card may disconnect.

There's an answer - keep looking, you'll find it.

Good Luck !

 

[Kelly]

Hi Art,

For 169..... go to Start/Run/CMD and type:

ipconfig /release
then
ipconfig /renew

Reboot, if all is not well......

Repeat the above then, unplug the power cord to your system, pull your
network card from the PCI slot, plug the power cord back, reboot, then
shutdown. Place the card back, reboot.

--
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Guest]

I spoke with Belkin techs and they have told me there's a couple things to
try. But if they don't work then there is nothing that can be done until
microsoft fixes the glitch in SP2. My wireless home network is as dead as a
door nail, only my hard wired pc works now. Sorry for the bad news.

 

[xfile]

Hi

Once used IBM ThinkPad (given by the company) and encountered similar
problems for wireless connection and our internal technical support had a
hard time to solve it.

It turned out to be the build-in utility which is very difficult to use and
confusing to set up. I'd suggest you to contact IBM technical support to
sort it out which was what I did.

But I eventually just put it in the drawer.

 

[Art]

All,
Thanks for all the responses. I was able to go to the device
manager and change the power setting to CAM "Connect Always Mode" vice
the Power mode. So far the connection has not dropped. I'll have a
look at the IBM site for the driver upgrade or I'll just stay at SP1.
Again, Thanks for all the expert help.

Art