Doug Franklin wrote: > mike wilson wrote: > >>I have a home wireless network. >> >>My desktop machine has a network card and USB wireless adaptor, the >>laptop has a modem and PCMCIA wireless card. On the desktop, it >>always tries to use the network card unless I disable it in the >>control panel, even if I tell the OS to use wireless. The laptop >>will try to use the wireless card unless I disable it in control >>panel, even if it is not plugged in. > > > What version of Windows is that? It sounds like a Windows or driver > problem. Or maybe your hibernating instead of shutting down or > something like that. > > Something you could try is to force renewal of the DHCP client settings. > Open a "command window" (DOS box) and type in the following commands: > > ipconfig /release > ipconfig /renew > > Some versions of ipconfig on some versions of windows want you to use > > ipconfig /release_all > ipconfig /renew_all > > Either way, it should "churn" the network drivers and hopefully they'll > sort themselves out. If that works, then create a file in your C:\ > directory called NetStart.cmd and use notepad or something to put those > two lines in it. Then add a new shortcut in your Start | All Programs | > Startup menu with the following in the "Type the location of the item" > text box: > > cmd.exe /c "C:\NetStart.cmd" > > That'll run those two commands each time you restart Windows, so > hopefully your network connections will sort themselves out each time > you restart Windows. >
It's not a problem on the desktop. I have the card for configuring the router, as the manufacturer recommends hard wire for that. Once I switch it off, I don't need it until the next time I install the router. Which will hopefully be never. Slightly more of a pain with the laptop but it's no big deal. I'll give your suggestion a whirl. Thank you. I'm not yet into this millenium with OS's. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
