Wireless network again

[johnp68]

Can anyone help me set up my wireless network please? It was working ok until my office updated my laptop to xp pro, now I can't get my pc to talk to my laptop.

Both machines now running xp (but desktop is only home edition). Network set up on ad-hoc basis. Both machines are showing the wireless network as available. Can connect from both machines and the connected icon appears in the taskbar. Problem is, both machines appear to be transmitting but not receiving (the packets received counters remain at zero).

The laptop is part of a domain, but I'm logging in using the local machine account.

I've tried everything I can think of!

[_DJ_]

Have you checked that authentication is turned off on the network connection properties (I think it's on by default).

Darren.

[sybaseian]

Make sure that both computers are part of the same network group, same encryption passwords, and on the same frequency channel.....

[Marshy]

_DJ_'s point is one of the likely culprits: the properties window for the connection should have an "Authentication" tab, and you need to make sure that "Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication" is turned off.

[stc_bennett]

Check that a firewall has not been enabled, also check if a network bridge has not been added.

steve

[davidd]

I agree with Mr Marsh.

Also try the MS wireless update patch.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826942

Certainly helped things here.

D.

[johnp68]

Thanks for the tips guys. Tried all the above, but without success unfortunately. In desparation I unistalled the Netgear configuration utility from both machines and b****r me it now works. Maybe it was interfering with what windows was trying to do.

[Marshy]

Er, that'll be it.

Windows XP includes most of the functionality you get with the manufacturer's CD except the bare driver for the card (in some cases).

Sounds like XP and the manufacturer's own utility were fighting it out.