So has this all been fixed....because I unwrapped my new Pavilion laptop, with windows Vista 64 about two weeks ago, and got online without a hitch....?
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Microsoft DHCP bugs make Windows lose networking > > By Scott Spanbauer > > Numerous perplexed Windows users have discovered that attempting to > connect their PCs (especially Vista) to their existing networks or > Wi-Fi hotspots results in flaky or nonexistent connections. > > One reason: a change by Microsoft in Vista's Dynamic Host Control > Protocol (DHCP) is causing conflicts with some networking hardware, > which can require a Registry edit to fix. > > The many reports of Vista networking snafus range from the gravest of > symptoms no Internet connectivity at all to occasional connection > drops: > > § No-Fi when in power-saving mode. Microsoft acknowledged last year > that wireless connections on portable computers running Windows Vista > would slow down or disconnect completely when battery management kicks > in. > > The culprit is that, unlike Windows XP, Vista assumes that all > wireless routers correctly implement Wi-Fi's power-save protocol. > Unfortunately, many access points don't support this spec. The > solution? Plug your laptop into an AC outlet or modify the notebook's > power-saving plan, as described in Knowledge Base article 928152. > > § Vista insists on the "broadcast flag." The same skewed reasoning > led the wizards of Redmond to another infuriating decision, which > Microsoft only belatedly explained. You bring home your new Vista > computer, or you upgrade your XP system to Vista, only to discover > that the machine won't connect to your local network or the Internet. > > You try everything to fix the problem. You waste hours days, even > tweaking settings, plugging and unplugging, resetting, rebooting, and > rehashing, but to no avail. > > The problem? Windows Vista assumes that your router's DHCP server > the one that hands out dynamic IP addresses to computers and other > devices on the network supports the DHCP broadcast flag. Again, many > routers don't support this flag. > > The solution requires a Registry edit to toggle off Vista's > broadcast-flag expectations. Refer to the Resolution section of KB > article 928233 for step-by-step instructions. > > § Two network adapters spell trouble. Yet another kind of network > malfunction afflicts PCs running Vista or Windows Server 2008 that > have more than one network adapter installed. The multiple adapters > befuddle the Network Location Awareness service in those OSes. This > causes the service to disable Internet access to both adapters and > label them as Local only. > > KB article 947041 explains the problem but provides no solution. The > only cure at this time may be to disable one of the network adapters. > Thanks, Microsoft. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282473 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
