802.11b Wireless Networks Don't Work With XP

[Doggiedog]

That sucks.

 

[yakko]

hahahahahahahahahaha

 

[BDawg]

I'm not worried. The one I'm getting for Xmas is Agere Orinocco.

 

[cipher00]

That's why I went back to Win 2k. Not quite ready for prime-time, imo...

 

[Keego]

yeah, I found this out when I bought a WPC11 card + switch/router

 

[Raspewtin]

ahh, so that's why i couldn't get it work. went through 5 wireless routers and 4 cards.

 

[Murphyrulez]

That's funny, my Linksys WAP11 and WPC11 work fine for me. I have the BFSR41, the WAP11 plugs into one of its outputs. The USB for the WAP11 is plugged into a WinXP machine. I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 running WinXP professional, the WPC11 fires right up when I turn the laptop on. Works anytime and everytime. You have to configure some settings to make it work, but I'm sure everyone knows that.

Whats the problem??

Paul

 

[crypticlogin]

I think Netgear dropped the ball on this one. The Agere Orinoco also uses the Intersil Prism II chipset... maybe Agere did something with their firmware?

 

[Ameesh]

we have a linksys wirless hub and a dlink in two parts of the house we roam between them fine and we get excellent signal, your just plain stupid if you cant get it to work.

 

[Ameesh]

<< You have to configure some settings to make it work, but I'm sure everyone knows that. >>



nah they are probably too dumb to even plug in their wirless routers.

 

[Keego]

christ Ameesh will you please lighten up on the asshole attitude?

 

[ILikeSprite]

<< That's why I went back to Win 2k. Not quite ready for prime-time, imo... >>



That is also why I went back to Win2k. My wireless NIC didn't work. :|

 

[Croton]

um.....
my windows xp works great w/my wireless network!

i have a netgear rt314 router, a netgear me102 access point, and 2 pcmia wireless cards (a netgear ma401 card & an orinoco silver card).

it works fine for me

 

[Keego]

Linksys drivers that fix everything:

ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/wpc11-xp_drivers.exe

 

[pulse8]

<< It's turned into a column about misleading labeling and the fact that the current generation of wireless hardware isn't ready for XP, although XP is ready for it. >>



How does this line make you think it's XP's fault?

 

[777php]

XP works fine with my Cisco AP and NIC.

 

[Kanalua]

Netgear sucks on this one, my wireless network runs fine on XP Pro