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re: Wirless networking...w/linksys products and XP
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mark Williams
(1 messages posted)
I used to have a similar problem with my Linksys wireless router. In my case it turned
out to be due to Windows WZC configuration not coping with SSID broadcasting being
turned off. My connection would go 'dead' every 15 minutes for about a minute. What
happened was that every so often WZC would go touting around trying to find a better
AP because it would lose it's connection. My choices were:
1) turn on SSID broadcasting on the router.
2) turn off WZC and use the linksys network monitor software instead.
On Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 1:12 pm, Ed Bodington wrote:
>I am having a similar problem with XP and a Linksys WiFi router. We have the router
>on Comcast. My new Dell laptop connects with Firefox browser every time with no
drops
>or other problems. A 1 year old Compaq with XP/SP2 connects only about half the
>time, but if we keep trying it hooks up, usually on the second try. Sometimes a
>Network Repair works, other times a Restart is needed. Older laptops cannot seem
>to connect at all. The adapter actually connects right away in all cases, but the
>browser doesn't. For example, AVG antivirus connects and updates while the Firefox
>browser just comes up with the "unable to connect" message. Using IE doesn't help
>- we have the same problems. I have tried many of the workarounds from this thread,
>but none work for us. Any suggestions?
>Will a different router solve the problems? Is a Netgear Max the best. How about
>a Belkin?
>
>Thanks.
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