Windows XP Bedevils Wi-Fi Users
Windows XP Bedevils Wi-Fi Users (Wired) describes how Windows XP users are having problems with their wireless conections. For no apparent reason their connections seem to drop. I’ve experienced the same problem. Half a year ago, when there were just 2 access points in my neightborhood, I had no problems. Today however, there are 6 access points, and i think this confuses windows xp. My connection stays up for about 1 minute, then it drops, and 10 seconds later windows xp reports that it has found some usable access points, and i have to select which one i want to use.
I’ve found a workaround though. I run netstumbler all the time. Netstumbler disables the windows xp wireless zero configuration. No more dropped connections!
04 Jun 2004 |