XPSP1 can't find wireless connection after emerging from sleep mode
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Posted by on April 8, 2008, 9:36 am
Please log in for more thread options someone here can help me solve them, since the answers will help end the frustration of lots of folks. 1. When I put my laptop in STANDBY mode overnight, in the morning, it will not connect via my wireless router unless I first dial-up my ISP. This does NOT happen if the laptop is in standby mode for a short period of time. 2. If I do a re-start, I'm almost always able to connect wirelessly without first dialing up using the modem. 3. Sometimes I lose the connection with the router, even though the signal strength shown on the machine is always maximum. DETAILS: 1. This happens with 2 separate ISPs and 2 different routers (a 2Wire router, and a Westell 327, designed by Westell specifically for Verizon customers). That suggests that the problem is not the router or the ISP, but my laptop. 2. Hardware/Software details: I'm using a Dell Dimension D600, running XP Home, V2002, SP1. I'm using a US Robotics PCMCIA card. When I tried to install SP2 some years ago I ran into a conflict of some sort and abandoned the effort. There must be something that triggers the dropping of the wireless connection. Anyone have any ideas? And why is it that dialing up my ISP via my modem, and then hanging up, restores the connection? NOTE: I've determined that lots of folks have this problem. Two fixes I've read about that have NOT fixed the problem are (a) change the Wireless Zero Configuration setting from AUTOMATIC to MANUAL; and (b) use IPCONFIG to /RELEASE all connections, then /RENEW them. When I try RELEASE, IPCONFIG tells me I'm not connected. And I never shut the router off. | |||||||||||||
