Re: Two wireless routers one network

chaser7016@xxxxxxxxx hath wroth:

>Thanks for all your help! I accomplished almost exactly what I wanted
>to. I can choose between which router I want to connect to. Albeit,
>my laptop states Not Connectted(under view wireless connection) with
>it's interaction with the WRT54G, but I have an IP and I am surfing the
>web.

Some wireless drivers and cards (i.e. Broadcom and some Belkin) do not
properly report a successful connection to Windoze. Everything will
work just fine, but the icon in the system tray says "not connected".
Usually, a driver update will solve the problem.

>Also, at times after five or ten minutes Window Zero config will
>connect to the BEFW11s4 signal even when it's much farther then the
>WRT54G.

Yep. Windoze always wants to connect to the fastest connection, not
the strongest or the bestest connection.

>I tried to disable Windows Zero and just use the Broadcom default, but
>the Broadcom thing in the taskbar never appears and I can't connect.
>Any idea how to truly disable Windows Zero and get the Broadcom up and
>working? I went to WLAN --> properties --> Wireless network tab --->
>remove check from let Windows configure network settings - OK.
>Unfortunately, the Broadcom red icon never appears and I can't connect.

Well the usual method is to disable the Wireless Zero Config service:
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/2000.html
The Broadcom client should appear in the system tray. If not, find it
from the laptop manufacturers or other site and reinstall. Be sure to
create a restore point with "system restore" first, so you can recover
from any screwups.


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