No Wireless Connectivity after SP2, Hardwire OK
From: Joakim (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/12/04
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:10:01 -0700
>-----Original Message-----
>I have two lap tops that can be connected to a linksys
router that is
>connected to a microwave modem on the roof. If either
Laptop is connected
>via an ethernet cable, everything works great. If I try
to connect
>wirelessly to the router, the icon indicates "connected"
with ample signal
>strength but I do not have access to the internet. All
indications are that
>I've connected through the router wirelessly just as I
can via the cable, but
>I'm not even able to ping the router via wireless since
the SP2 update. Is
>there some sort of utility that can help me figure out
where I'm failing to
>connect via wireless?
>On another note, XP Pro has been working flawlessly for
me for some time. I
>guess Microsoft was afraid of losing their grasp on
the "frequent crashes"
>reputation and released an update that crashes my system
quite frequently now.
>I'm glad they don't deliver avionics software.
>.
>
I have the very same problem, more specifically with a D-
Link card (DWL-G520+). I sat half an hour in discussions
with D-Link yesterday, and they claimed to have
investigated the issue, arriving at the conclusion that
the drivers (2.02) were fine, and that there is something
in SP2 that is breaking the functionality. They also
noted that netgear and some other companies have the same
problem with SP2, as I have also seen in some forums.
So, the router companies blame Microsoft, and according
to some other post here Microsoft blames the drivers from
the companies. So who should fix it? - It's the customers
that suffer from this situation. Since the drivers worked
flawlessly before, my conclusion is that Microsoft needs
to pick up the que here. Either by issuing a fix for this
ASAP, or at least investigating what D-Link, Netgear and
others are doing wrong in their drivers, and how to make
them SP2 compatible.
Hans-Georg: Your page is excellent! - Unfortunately I've
spent hours following your suggestions without being able
to fix this problem. If I've missed something I would
only be happy if you could specifically answer what to do
to fix the problem, otherwise I have to conclude that
your reference to your page unfortunately only takes the
light from the problem, suggesting that something that we
can't fix on our own is fixable :)
If anyone else have any suggestions on how to fix this, I
would be immensely happy!
For the record:
ping localhost works fine, DHCP works fine, everything
looks like it's in order (using ipconfig), the firewall
is not the problem, and other ("normal", non-wireless)
NICs work just fine. Resetting the winsock2 doesn't fix
it either. Pinging the router/NAT or the internet does
NOT work, and as the previous poster said: No
communication whatsoever other than DHCP works over the
wireless.
Kind regards to all
Joakim
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