I ran into a similar problem just yesterday with a client of mine who purchased a new Sony VAIO laptop with WinXP Pro and an integrated ORiNOCO card. The problem is that the Windows XP wireless config has a setting where you set your "Preferred" access point. Windows seems to pick that same AP each time the PC boots, regardless of the signal strength. My client has 2 WAP11's in his house and it kept choosing the weakest one (0-1% signal). I figured out what it was doing and switched the preferred AP.
You may try unchecking the box in the wireless adaptor's property dialog that says "Let Windows manage my wireless network" and maybe install a better program such as the utility that comes with the ORiNOCO cards. --Jason -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BAWUG] WAP11 2.2 and Orinoco ? Hi, I have recently installed a wi-fi network based on WAP11 2.2 access points. I use Toshiba laptops with Windows XP Professionnal, 64 or 128 bit WEP encryption, SSID broadcast disabled. There are built-in Orinoco PC Cards inside the laptops. Problem is, the laptops, when powered on, sometimes (roughly every other try) connect to the wrong AP (i.e. not the closest one), and there is nothing else to do to change the AP than turn off and then on the wireless card. I then get very poor performance and some of my apps do not work at all. Also, when it connects to the closest AP, roaming does not work correctly as when the user moves, the laptop always stay connected to the inital AP, unless there is a complete loss of signal. This again leads to very poor performance and complete loss of connectivity. I tried to update the drivers of the PC Card but then it gets worse : the network becomes very slow and some apps freeze when using the network (for instance windows explorer). I tried both 64 and 128-bit encryption, but both behave the same way. Has anyone encountered this problem and found a solution ? -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
