Re: Wireless Domain Logon

From: Doug Sherman [MVP] (dsherman_at_nospam.tampabay.rr.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 10:07:03 -0400

Try turning off XP's fast logon feature - See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305293

I have an XP notebook using a NetGear WG 121, and I have no problems logging
onto the domain with synchronous startup.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"ST Hodgson" <ST Hodgson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6BBF0085-F049-4B08-9428-1B8C1FC30629@microsoft.com...
> We are IT professionals and have the following problem with a wireless
> network:.
>
> We are using Netgear WG311 cards in Windows XP professional SP1 and we are
> attempting to connect to a Windows 2000 Server (fully patched).
>
> The networking is working perfectly when we use a standard Windows logon -
> strong signal and no problems. We have attached the PCs to the Windows
domain
> without any trouble.
>
> However, it is when we try to logon to the Windows domain from
> Ctrl-Alt-Delete that we experience problems. Iwe get the error message
> "unable to find domain controller". We know the domain controller is
working
> properly as we have wired PCs on the same network that connect perfectly.
>
> Netgear have confirmed this problem to be because the wireless service
does
> not start until after the logon screen, making a domain logon impossible
> because the networking needs to be active to find the domain controller.
This
> is a catch 22 situation and Netgear say they are working on the problem.
> However, in the interim, we are looking for a solution that can kickstart
the
> wireless networking before logon. Can anyone help?
>
> Many thanks.
>

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