[Fwd: wifi in XP]

Sorry for the multi-post, but I'd already sent it to the other group
then realised someone here might also be able to help.
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Hi all,

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.

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

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.

Any ideas why XP is behaving this way?

Thanks for any help.

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Ben
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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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John Navas wrote:
> 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?
>

Good question. When the wi-fi adapter is enabled it searches for my home
access point and just connects. Out in public it does not show any
evidence of trying to connect to an access point.

--
Ben
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