wireless zero configuration won't stay running

From: Amanda Grimmer (agrimmer_at_whitelodging.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: 29 Jul 2004 07:49:58 -0700

I'm having an issue with a Toshiba laptop running XP and a linksys
instant wireless card (wpc11). The card will enable, but when I try
to receive an ip address, it says its unable to connect to the dhcp
server. DHCP is enabled on this laptop and we know the wireless
access point and router do work for other laptops.

The Linksys knowledge base says the wireless zero configuration needs
to be running because I'm not receiving a wireless networks tab when
I'm in the wireless card properties window. I checked and the
wireless zero configuration service wasn't running. It is set to
start automatically and I can start it manually, but when I reboot, it
doesn't start again. The user is an administrator on the pc. He is
currently logging into our domain, so I logged in as administrator on
the pc itself and the service still isn't starting.

I have downloaded the XP driver from the linksys website. And I have
applied a microsoft patch K826942 which is for wireless fixes. After
I loaded that, I now receive an Authentication tab in the wireless
properties box instead of a wireless card tab. When I click on it,
there is a box that checked and it says enable IEEE 802.1x
authentication for this network.

Does anyone know why the wireless zero configuration is service might
not be starting on it's own? And, is this really my problem with this
linksys card or am I looking in the wrong place?

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