[slim] Re: Windoze XP dropping wireless connection.

2006-04-20 Thread Michaelwagner
people having troubles with windows xp sp2 wireless zero configuration service might find the following article helpful (or not). How to troubleshoot wireless network connections in Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870702/en-us FWIW, I upgraded to sp2 solely for this fe

[slim] Re: Windoze XP dropping wireless connection.

2006-04-20 Thread neilcoburn
Mark Lanctot Wrote: > > > Final note: running SlimServer on a device connected wirelessly is a > bad idea. Wireless bandwidth problems will be compounded due to the > stream going over 2 hops. Some people do this and if it works for > them, more power to them, but if you experience wireless b

[slim] Re: Windoze XP dropping wireless connection.

2006-04-20 Thread Raify
Have you checked the advanced settings of the PCI card? I've read about people having problems due to the power saving feature in XP. If you disable that, it might solve the problem. -- Raify Raify's Profile: http://foru

[slim] Re: Windoze XP dropping wireless connection.

2006-04-19 Thread hifisteve
Hi Mark. Thanks for the tip re the WZCS, I've not had these problems myself but as I've opted to let the Belkin software handle things I've disabled it just to be on the safe side. -- hifisteve hifisteve's Profile: http:/

[slim] Re: Windoze XP dropping wireless connection.

2006-04-19 Thread Mark Lanctot
This is because the Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration service looks at all the available networks, then "helpfully" connects to the next-strongest one should your existing connection decrease slightly in signal strength. I have no clue why anyone would ever think this is a good idea. Also I

[slim] Re: Windoze XP dropping wireless connection.

2006-04-18 Thread MrC
hifisteve Wrote: > and unchecked the 'let Windoze badly managed my network setting' option > on the Belkin software. > > Since then I've had 97% signal strength and not a single dropped > connection. Indeed, this is the solution found by many experiencing random disconnects w/WiFi and Windows.