Re: Wireless problem with Windows XP Home

On 6/1/2010 10:36 AM, Marti van Lin wrote:
Hi Windows XP Experts,

I have a question about Windows XP and Wireless networking.

Here is the situation:

I am currently running Windows XP Home on my Acer Aspire 7220, which
originally shipped with Windows Vista Home Basic. Which IMHO was a pig.
Out of frustration I installed several GNU/Linux distributions (mostly
kept up with the latest Ubuntu release) which ran fine.

My family stays in touch using Skype, yet unfortunately the GNU/Linux
version of Skype is a POS. My family can see and hear me, but I can't
see them.

So I replaced Ubuntu 10.04 with Microsoft Windows XP Home and after
updates and SP3, Wireless Networking, using WPA2 finally works, but
don't ask how.

My (secondary) Sitecom Wireless router is connected to a (primary)
Emminent router. Under GNU/Linux I could simply use the (secondary)
wireless router as a access point (the CAT5 UTP cable from the (primary)
Emminent router was simply connected to a random LAN port, which ran
fine under GNU/Linux). Under Windows XP I have to connect the CAT5 UTP
cable from the (primary) Emminent router to the WAN port of the
(secondary) Sitecom Wireless router. Otherwise Windows XP doesn't pick
up the Wireless signal at all.

I wonder what I've done wrong.

I can't tell what's wrong with your scenario, but I can report that I have a similar configuration that works well with several flavors of Windows, including XP Home. A wired linksys router has its WAN port connected to a cable modem, and one of it's LAN ports connected to the LAN port on a wireless Linksys router. In fact, I've done this setup several times with different brands of hardware and not had any problem.

Moreover, it seems odd to me that your routers would in any way be affected by your choice of operating system. Maybe you have mal-configured your routers coincident with this OS change, or have some bad drivers on the XP side.
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