Re: wireless 802.11b, traffic stops

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From: Pavel A. (pavel_a_at_geeklife.com)
Date: 07/04/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 02:02:46 +0300

Not likely that KB828940 is relevant here - it seems to affect only WPA capable
APs.
However if you want to try it, do contact MS support and request this patch -
just never tell them about Fedora, let it be XP SP2 :) 

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"Daniel Yankowsky" <dyankowsky@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6nWFc.6667$Xq4.4528@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> Hello all,
>
> I have a desktop computer running Windows XP Pro and a generic (Xterasys)
> 802.11b wireless network card.  This card is connected (wirelessly, of
> course) to a Linksys BEFW11S4 802.11b wireless gateway and router.
> Everything is configured correctly, as I can connect and have everythign
> work fine.  However, every so often my connection's traffic stops dead.  I
> still have signal, but I can't transfer any data (can't even ping the
> router).  This seems to happen whenever I am transferring a lot of data
> (playing a game, downloading the latest Fedora core CD images, etc.).
>
> After reading some support issues, I came across the Microsoft knowledge
> base article 828940
> (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828940).  It
> appears that this is the problem that I am suffering.  However, I cannot
> acquire the hotfix as my copy of Windows is from my school (completely
> legit, I think it's through the Academic Alliance) and my product ID has
> used all of its incident reports allotted.  In any case, I was wondering if
> anyone either:
>
> A. has a solution to this problem
> B. has this hotfix, as it appears that it would solve my problem
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dan Yankowsky
>
>
>

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