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by prnsk

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I have set up a wireless broadband network on 4 tower pc's and 1 laptop. All hardware including router is "Dynamode". The nics see the router ok from all the systems and internet works fine from tower machines, but the laptop (running WinXP Home) will not connect to internet via I.E unless a tick is put against "Use windows to configure my wireless network settings" in the wireless adaptor properties. With the tick there all works fine. My problem is that each time the laptop is rebooted the tick has vanished and has to be reentered.I have tried setting the "Wireless Zero Config" service to auto but this makes no difference.
Is there perhaps a line of code that could be run on XP start-up that would reinsert the tick automatically? My customer is not happy!!!
Any solution most welcome.

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by lmon

Seems like the adapter is the problem not the os. Try uninstalling\reinstalling the drivers for the network adapter. If that does not work try shutting down wireless Zero config see it the adapters configurator makes the connection on it's own.

by prnsk

I have already tried the uninstall/reinstall option but without success. The Wireless Zero Config service is not enabled. I have tried it both enabled or not. The network adaptor does see the network ok but will only connect to the internet if the tick is put in the "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings" box. All then works fine. Problem only occurs after a reboot when the tick has vanished and has to be reinserted. I accept that my customer could simply tick the box on each startup but he should not have to and he does not want to!!

by lmon

You are right he should not have the select that option. It might be an os issue then. You may wanna try backing up and spinning the disk.

by prnsk

Resolved by uninstalling the Dynamode utility that came with the wireless card cd. This allows WinXP to deal.

by plashal

use the authentication devices using MAC addresses feature which is installed in many common APs.

by prnsk

Resolved by uninstalling the Dynamode utility that came with the wireless card cd. This allows WinXP to deal.

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