Windows Wireless Networking

media state .................media sisconnected

Illuzion - 7 Feb 2009 12:41 PM - 2 messages

Using a wired lan connection to my router . On attempting to get an Advent 7801 laptop that was given to my son working correctly . It has no recovery partition nor recovery disk the OS is Windows XP Pro The problem is with the LAN card an SIS 900 Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter. ...

media state........................media disconnected

Illuzion - 7 Feb 2009 9:13 AM - 3 messages

Using a wired lan connection and also tried a wireless adapter to my router . On attempting to get an Advent 7801 laptop that was given to my son working correctly . It has no recovery partition nor recovery disk the OS is Windows XP Pro ...

Where do I find WPA2-PSK AES on WinXP SP3

Bill Wells - 7 Feb 2009 12:02 AM - 12 messages

Where do I find WPA2-PSK AES on WinXP SP3? I thought Windows XP Professional SP3 came with WPA2-PSK but I can't find it. If I doubleclick on the Wireless Network Connection applet; And then I press "Change advanced settings"; ...

Want to add wireless to existing lan

Dick - 6 Feb 2009 6:33 PM - 10 messages

Here is the problem: Comcast has provided an all-in-one modem/router/switch device (SMC brand) to our small business. They (Comcast) do not support wireless through their devices. We want to add wireless capability in our ...

WiFi Connection Delivered To Ethernet Port?

PeteCresswell - 6 Feb 2009 3:13 PM - 5 messages

I tried this in comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip, but haven't gotten any responses. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Got a box that understands Ethernet, but doesn't do USB. What I'm looking for is a device that delivers a WiFi connection ...

Add a stand-alone printer with print-server to Guest WLAN?

Mike in Nebraska - 5 Feb 2009 10:15 PM - 7 messages

I've got a spare HP LaserJet 4P with a JetDirect print server. I was going to try selling them, but had a thought that maybe I could hang them off of an Access Point on our Guest WLAN so they could print to it. We host ...

"Windows cannot configure this wireless connection" message

tcarp - 5 Feb 2009 3:07 PM - 2 messages

My wife's Dell Inspirion 710M has been connecting successfully to our home wireless network for a very long time. Suddenly, she's getting the message "Windows can't configure this wireless connection". There's a note about WZC ...

Video circuit card for Dummies?

***TominFL*** - 5 Feb 2009 12:44 PM - 3 messages

I'm not able to select a v. card to enable me to add a Viewsonic VA2226w LCD as a second monitor to my desktop because the specs. offered are so many and I don't really know what is necessary. ...

Can't connect to router

loreley - 5 Feb 2009 12:44 PM - 2 messages

I have now bought 2 Belkin adaptors 1 - the cable type that you can move around and the other a usb plug in type - both have failed to connect to the router which is just the other side of a door in fact the pc can see it. All ...

Is 32-bit driver possible on 64-bit Windows XP

spartacus - 4 Feb 2009 6:14 PM - 6 messages

Hi folks, I've got a question. On my Windows XP (32-bit) machine I have a D-Link Wi-Fi USB-adapter (DWA-142) installed which works just fine using D- Link driver. I am going to move to a 64-bit Windows XP soon but there ...

BSSID and security

Jake - 4 Feb 2009 3:23 PM - 5 messages

I am trying to get out what security APs use. Basically I would know if AP uses Open or WpaPsk. How it is possible to find? Get BSSID_List do not have information and Authentication_mode and Encryption_status tarket is NIC not AP. ...

unknown wireless networks

KRK - 2 Feb 2009 2:16 PM - 7 messages

Hello, In network centre (wireless) I find some networks that I do not recognise (eg, 'Betty' ). I have not set any of them up. What are they & where have they come from ?, can I delete them & if so, how ? ...

Re: PEAP Authentication in IAS

Paul Bergson [MVP-DS] - 2 Feb 2009 1:24 PM - 5 messages

This question is based for Networking not AD. I have copied them in on this query. ...

ad-hoc wireless network, where are the files ?

KRK - 2 Feb 2009 12:29 PM - 5 messages

Hello, I have set up an ad-hoc computer-computer wireless network between my 2 Vista pcs. I think I've set up correctly, but I cannot seem to find the shared files. Where should I be looking, in explorer ? or elsewhere ? ...

N Wireless issues

J - 2 Feb 2009 1:47 AM - 5 messages

Hello, I just 'upgraded' from a Linksys G to a D-Link N (Dir-615). I'm using WEP 64bit security. Range and speed seem to have improved a little. However, I am having trouble consistantly with 'remote' software. I use Gotomeeting and Logmein regularly (connecting from office to ...

Shared files stopped working

flocrest - 2 Feb 2009 12:20 AM - 2 messages

We have 4 systems (three laptops and another desktop) which share a network internet connection, files and printers back and forth through a desktop. The internet goes to a router and the router connects directly to the main desktop. The other machines connect to the router wirelessly. We have had no ...

isp disconnect

mydel - 1 Feb 2009 9:12 PM - 2 messages

i have parallels desktop 3.0 for mac installed with Win XP installed inside parallels. after letting microsoft install updates for sp3 i can no longed connect to the my isp. tried ipconfig/release and received error: operation failed as no adapter is in the state permissible for this operation. ...

Network

Sanford Aranoff - 1 Feb 2009 1:44 PM - 3 messages

My desktop is connected via Comcast modem and a Belkin router. Win XP Prof. We put a portable on a network, so that the portable also gets the Internet. Everything is fine. We have an old XP Home portable that we do not know how to ...

Help with Belkin Wireless G Plus MIMO 9230-4 CORRECTION

Roscoe P Pendoscoe - 1 Feb 2009 2:29 AM - 2 messages

an F5D 9230-4 Posted in another NG with no help. I have to make another attempt this weekend. Help............... I am trying to connect a new computer for my Son and the OS is MS Vista. I have little or I should say NO experience with Vista and use XP and ...

Intermittent wireless connectivity issues

ZingyMarathoner - 1 Feb 2009 12:47 AM - 2 messages

I have a home network with one desktop connected wired to the router and up to 3 laptops. My office laptop (Dell), running XP Pro, never has a problem connecting. The other two (both Toshibas), running Vista home and XP home, ...