Re: Windows XP computers on wireless network lose login credentials
- From: Barb Bowman <barb@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:40:16 -0500
you should not compromise security by using WEP. While the 98SE
machine would be a problem, you could get a gaming adapter that
supports WPA2 or at least WPA to plug into an ethernet port on the
98SE box. WEP is NOT safe.
First step is to uninstall Norton completely. Does anything improve?
Next, unbind IPv6 from the NICs on the Vista machines
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com/ipv6-how-to-unbind-from-a-nic-in-windows-vista/
then see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/932134
last, make sure you have the latest firmware for the router and the
latest drivers for the NICs
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:48:00 -0800, MartinWill2
<MartinWill2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My network was recently ugraded to a Netgear Rangemax N model, to which two--
computers are directly connected, one runnng Windows XP SP2, the other
Windows 98SE. There are three other WIndows XP SP2 and two Windows Vista
Home Premium computers also connecting wirelessly, with new Netgear adapters
(N or G+ types.)
Problem is that the Vista laptop and desktop and the three wirelessly
connected XP computers all periodically lose wireless connection, which is
not restored after rebooting.
Looking at Start|Control Panel|System|Devoce Manager, the network adapter is
typically showing a yellow (!). Recommended procedure is to uninstall the
adapter, remove it, reconnect it, and let Windows reinstall it, which it does
automatically, but then it requires the long WEP key to be re-entered to
reconnect to the network. Why does this keep happening?
The Vista network map shows all computers except the Windows 98 SE one as
the KB922120 patch was installed. Is there a similar patch for Windows 98 SE?
In the past I have tried installing with Netgear software but the Win XP
computers appear to "lose" the drivers completely and the WG511T or WN111
programs cease to load on startup. When manually opened I get the message
"device cannot start." I tried using Windows to set the configuration
instead because of these problems with the Netgear software.
The router connects to Internet via an Arris cable modem on a Comcast
network which also handles digital voice for two phone lines. On the Wireless
N Vista desktop I get up to 12Mbps speed over the Internet, and 270Mbps
between computer and router. The others are mostly 108Mbps. The Vista
laptop has had repeated slow response problems, which were due to the Norton
360 firewall (now disabled). It also keeps giving messges like "The TCP/IP
setting is incompatible with your router" or "Set the TCP/IP setting to
improve performance" (alternately when I click diagnose and repair.)
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
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