RE: IE cannot connect - Wireless on XP SP2

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From: Jon Burlingham (JonBurlingham_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:41:01 -0800

Seems that Linksys has a firmware upgrade for their router that fixes issues
with Wireless and XP SP2. Will apply it and post the outcome here...

"Jon Burlingham" wrote:

> I have two computers using Linksys wireless cards that were working fine on
> XP SP1. The first is a laptop using the Linksys WPC54G wireless card and the
> second is a desktop using a Linksys PCI wireless adapter. Both connect to a
> Linksys Wireless Switch/Router. After XP SP2 was installed, the wireless
> cards connect with excellent strength, get an IP address and DNS servers thru
> the wireless router's DHCP, but their Internet Explorer will not connect to
> any web sites.
>
> To simplify troubleshooting, I concentrated on the laptop. By taking out the
> wireless card and wiring the same laptop to the same switch using the
> embedded ethernet port, Internet Explorer works fine. OK, so that narrowed
> down that it must be something in the wireless drivers. I uninstalled the
> wireless card and all of the Linksys programs from Add/Remove programs. I
> have downloaded and installed the latest wireless card drivers and talked to
> Linksys Tech Support to no avail. Same problem. They claim it is an SP2
> problem.
>
> I tried the NETSH fixes recommended in other posts on this board to fix the
> IP stack and Winsock, and have also tried disabling the UpNp in the router to
> no avail. Also disabled the Internet Connection Firewall, Wireless Zero
> Configuration stuff, and even uninstalled XP SP2. Whatever it did stayed with
> it after the uninstall. Very frustrating.
>
> Anyone else out there have a fix? Thanks in advance.
>
>
> --
> Jon Burlingham

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