Re: Wireless LAN only with Administrator right?

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From: Stefan (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:19:24 -0700

> Users shouldn't need admin rights to use a wireless
> LAN....just to install the hardware for it. If it's
> installed already, left plugged in, and they
> just log in, what happens?

If you start the laptop with the (previouly installed)
wireless LAN PCMIA network card and you are not an
administrator, everything seems to be fine at first: the
network card detects the availble wireless network, but if
you click on connect, it won't connect to the network. If
you log in as an administrator you can connect to the
network and everything works fine, than you log out, log
in as a normal user and the wireless LAN works fine ...
this sounds for me like some initial service to start up
the network connection has to have admin rights ... and
this service keeps running even if you log out and can
therefore be used by other user afterwards ...

Hope this makes sense ... Thanks, Stefan

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