On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:35:03 GMT, PHATRS <nosp@m.thanks.mate> wrote in
<iade44-5gv.ln1@teri.unico.com.au>:

>If I let Windows manage my wireless network adapter/connections, it can
>not see any wireless networks. The machine is an Acer TravelMate 4060.
>
>I installed a thing called Network Stumbler and it can find heaps, then
>i installed the latest drivers and used the Intel PROSet/Wireless
>software to manage connections and it found up to 25 wireless networks,
>but if I revert to letting Windows manage wi-fi i can see no networks.

Possible driver problem. Try uninstalling all the Intel software, and
then just re-installing with the option to let Windows manage the
wireless.

>I've disabled Kerio and the Windows firewall in WinXP SP2.

Won't help on detecting wireless networks.

>I can connect to my home wireless network and get an IP address via
>DHCP, but even my home network isn't visible in the list of wireless
>networks using XP's standard wireless networking tool.

How then are you connecting?

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