Re: WIRELESS NETWORKING PROBLEM

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:39:12 -0700

BTW, the access point is LinkSys wireless G WRT54G

I have another desktop that has no problem with it's
wireless adapter. all the problems started when I
upgraded to XP

>-----Original Message-----
>Are you trying to talk to an Access Point? Did you set
up the wireless
>cards with WEP? What brand of wireless card is it,
what brand of access
>point?
>
>Some companies allow you to use a passphrase to generate
a WEP key. In a
>lot of instances, XP will not take the passphrase, and
the WEP key must be
>manually typed in.
>
>Take pieces out of the equation. Disable WEP for the
moment. just use the
>SSID. does this work. add WEP back in etc.
>
>--
>--
>Dusty Harper
>Microsoft Corporation
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>"Frustrated and Frazzled"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>message news:1adbc01c41e6e$8e3636d0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> I installed a wireles card adapter on my laptop that
had
>> Windows 2000 OS. It was working fine. I upgraded to
XP,
>> and now it will not pick up the TCP/IP address. I
tried
>> a different brand wireless card adapter, same problem.
>> Both tech supports for the cards told me it's a problem
>> with the OS. Can someone tell me what's wrong? Can I
>> reverse the XP upgrade and go back to 2000 without
having
>> to wipe out everything and reload? HELP!
>
>
>.
>

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