What cards have people successfully used with the WAP11 2.2 and used encryption? I have a cisco 352 which will associate, but not transmit or recieve data with the WAP11 2.2 ...
coldie On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Jason Johnson wrote: > 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 > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
