Intel 2200BG Wifi / doesn't auto connect on powering on the machine / HP Laptop
Hello !
A friend of mine is using an HP Laptop, Windows XP - Home, sp2, all patches applied.
The wireless card is an Intel PRO 2200BG, using the latest drivers.
The software used to configure and connect is Intel's own Pro Wireless Software.
Windows WZC is disabled and HP Wireless assistant is not used (there's no other wireless device than the 2200BG on this machine).
The connection to the in house D-Link DI-624 router - using WPA2 PSK with AES encryption - works very well once established, as long as the PC is on. Even after being in sleep mode (which drops the connexion), it is automatically reset upon getting out of sleep.
The problem is : once the user shuts down his machine, the connection isn't reestablished automatically on next reboot, even if this connexion is the only one on it's profile list.
Others connexions are detected in the neighbourhood, but the signal strenght is weak and their SSID is not the sans as the in house router.
Also, the 2200BG MAC address is linked to a static IP adress in the router's configuration.
I tried deleting this profile & recreating it from scratch, uninstall & reinstall intel's software.. At no avail.
Any idea ? Suggestion ?
Thanks
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Michel S. in Wireless Networking
