"Rick Jones" <use***@activeservice.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:4292f620$0$302$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net...
>I have a strange problem withe one machine, in that when I logout of
> Windows, the wireless link disconnects.
>
> I have 3 machines running XP SP2, with the same 802.11g PCI cards, same
> drivers and configurations etc. Only one of the machines behaves like
> this,
> but I can't work out what is different. The cards are TI-based (Safecom
> brand), using the TNET1130 driver, and Windows config enabled. 40-bit WEP
> is
> turned on.
>
> Monitoring the DHCP server, it actually seems to continually try to
> refresh
> its lease when logged out, but when logged in it's fine, and the signal
> strength reports as "good". The event log confirms DHCP renew attempts,
> but
> they repeatedly fail until someone logs in.
>
> It can be logged in as any user and works OK, just goes daft when there is
> no-one logged in.
>
> Apart from network shares not being available if logged out, the machines
> are on a domain and using roaming profiles, so this behaviour means that
> this one machine will either fail to authenticate, or fail to get the
> profile if it does. If I switch to a wired link it works fine. The other
> machines maintain their connections, and login fine over wireless.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Rick Jones
> www.activeservice.co.uk
>
>

"NewPort" <@esPato.com> wrote in message
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> Try using the windows utility, not the one from the card
>
> --
>
> "Rick Jones" <use***@activeservice.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
> news:4292f620$0$302$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net...
> >I have a strange problem withe one machine, in that when I logout of
> > Windows, the wireless link disconnects.
> >
> > I have 3 machines running XP SP2, with the same 802.11g PCI cards, same
> > drivers and configurations etc. Only one of the machines behaves like
> > this,
> > but I can't work out what is different. The cards are TI-based (Safecom
> > brand), using the TNET1130 driver, and Windows config enabled. 40-bit
WEP
> > is
> > turned on.
> >
> > Monitoring the DHCP server, it actually seems to continually try to
> > refresh
> > its lease when logged out, but when logged in it's fine, and the signal
> > strength reports as "good". The event log confirms DHCP renew attempts,
> > but
> > they repeatedly fail until someone logs in.
> >
> > It can be logged in as any user and works OK, just goes daft when there
is
> > no-one logged in.
> >
> > Apart from network shares not being available if logged out, the
machines
> > are on a domain and using roaming profiles, so this behaviour means that
> > this one machine will either fail to authenticate, or fail to get the
> > profile if it does. If I switch to a wired link it works fine. The other
> > machines maintain their connections, and login fine over wireless.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> > Rick Jones
> > www.activeservice.co.uk
> >
> >
>
>