Re: Activesync drops wireless connection
- From: "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:09:25 -0700
Yes, not everyone was successful at getting a functional system in any way
other than reducing security on the wireless network. Some people did have
success changing clients, while others changed drivers. There was no one
right answer.
If the previous device was not a WM5 device, it never happened because the
WM5 device acts like a network adapter and previous devices acted like
specific USB devices that required special drivers and did *not* appear to
the system like additional network devices. Some WM5 devices have the
ability to act like the old-style devices, thus allowing them, I would
presume (my WM5 device does *not* have this option), to work around this
problem.
Paul T.
"Andreas" <ayiangoullis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes it's Intel but I have all the latest updates both for client and
adapter. I don't think it's the client because I've tried both the Intel
and Microsoft clients with the same results. It must be the adapter's
problem.
However there is still a mystery. Why, didn't this problem ever happen
with my previous device? I was using the same computer with the same
configuration until yesterday and this never happened.
I don't think that changing WPA is an option though because this will
lower security.
"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com> wrote in message news:upAGw$NNHHA.4916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It's not a channel problem and a search of the archives will show you
that you're not the first, if my read of symptoms is correct. The thread
was called "ActiveSync Kills Wireless". If you change the security of
your nearby wireless network to something other than WPA, it shouldn't be
a problem, and some have had success getting the latest drivers or
wireless clients from Intel (I presume this is an Intel wireless chipset
in your PC).
Here's a link to the search page for the archives:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync?hl=en
Basically, it's a bug in Intel's wireless chipset driver or in the
wireless client from Intel. When it sees what it interprets as an
insecure network connection (the USB connection to the device is a
network connection), it drops the WPA wireless connection to avoid
contaminating the network (or something).
Paul T.
"Andreas" <ayiangoullis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I use a wireless connection on my laptop which works 99.9% flawlessly
without interruptions for many months. It connects on my wireless
network which consists of a router which uses channel 6 and an access
point which uses channel 11. I have AS 4.2 and have been using it to
sync with my i-mate ppc without any problems. I just changed phone and
noticed the following strange problem: As soon as I connect the new
phone/pda to usb and AS starts sync, my wifi connection drops and after a
while a get "limited or no connectivity", this happens because it stops
the connection on the access point which uses channel 11 and tries to
connect to channel 6 which is far away with very low signal.
Why could AS connection prohibit my laptop from using channel 11?
.
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