3Com Wireless Card Manager

A heads up. I have found that the 3com Wireless Card Manager included on
the OfficeConnect 11g PC Card CRWE154G72 installation CD identified as
Version 2.1 August 2003 does not load in WINXP SP2. The most recent driver
file for PC Card CRWE154G72, available from www.3com.com , does load and
function OK. Hope this may be of use to someone and save them an hour of
trying to work out why the program instals but will not run in WINXP SP2
when it works fine in WINXP SP1.

The likelyhood is it is a software Firewall problem rather than anything to
do with your equipment. If you have a software firewall, have you tried
disabling it? The indications are something (Firewall) is preventing the
router connecting. Nevertheless it is probably the right thing to do to
download and install the latest drivers.

"richieg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4AC62EBD-0865-4873-ABC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have the 3 com officeconnect router & card combo and since installing SP2
>I
> get the following every time it initially connects; "Limited or no
> internet
> access" and a yellow hazard symbol appears on the connection icon in the
> toolbar. My homepage does not appear. Is there anything I need to change
> to
> get it to connect properly. Sometimes when I get it to reconnect manually
> this goes away
>
> "Edward W. Thompson" wrote:
>
>> A heads up. I have found that the 3com Wireless Card Manager included on
>> the OfficeConnect 11g PC Card CRWE154G72 installation CD identified as
>> Version 2.1 August 2003 does not load in WINXP SP2. The most recent
>> driver
>> file for PC Card CRWE154G72, available from www.3com.com , does load and
>> function OK. Hope this may be of use to someone e the and save them an
>> hour of
>> trying to work out why the program instals but will not run in WINXP SP2
>> when it works fine in WINXP SP1.
>>
>>
>>

I bought a 3Com card to link my notebook to my desktop but could never get
it to work properly, either before installing SP2 or after. The problem was
that it would establish the link and work for a while, then it would stop
working and cause my notebook to freeze completely. I tried to install the
latest drivers from 3Com but I kept getting a Code 10 error.

The only way I found to get the wireless link working was to throw out the
3Coim card and replace it with one from US Robotics. My wifi network has
worked like a dream since.

--
Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net



"Edward W. Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eDm22l$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The likelyhood is it is a software Firewall problem rather than anything
> to do with your equipment. If you have a software firewall, have you tried
> disabling it? The indications are something (Firewall) is preventing the
> router connecting. Nevertheless it is probably the right thing to do to
> download and install the latest drivers.
>
> "richieg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4AC62EBD-0865-4873-ABC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have the 3 com officeconnect router & card combo and since installing
>>SP2 I
>> get the following every time it initially connects; "Limited or no
>> internet
>> access" and a yellow hazard symbol appears on the connection icon in the
>> toolbar. My homepage does not appear. Is there anything I need to change
>> to
>> get it to connect properly. Sometimes when I get it to reconnect manually
>> this goes away
>>
>> "Edward W. Thompson" wrote:
>>
>>> A heads up. I have found that the 3com Wireless Card Manager included
>>> on
>>> the OfficeConnect 11g PC Card CRWE154G72 installation CD identified as
>>> Version 2.1 August 2003 does not load in WINXP SP2. The most recent
>>> driver
>>> file for PC Card CRWE154G72, available from www.3com.com , does load and
>>> function OK. Hope this may be of use to someone e the and save them an
>>> hour of
>>> trying to work out why the program instals but will not run in WINXP SP2
>>> when it works fine in WINXP SP1.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

I have a 3com PC Card on my laptop and a 3com ADSL router hardwired to my
desktop and both worked without problems straight out of the box. I have
since updated both firmware and drivers for the card and router before
loading SP2 all without problems. With respect to code 10, I think that
translates to a driver problem.


"Tony Marston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I bought a 3Com card to link my notebook to my desktop but could never get
>it to work properly, either before installing SP2 or after. The problem was
>that it would establish the link and work for a while, then it would stop
>working and cause my notebook to freeze completely. I tried to install the
>latest drivers from 3Com but I kept getting a Code 10 error.
>
> The only way I found to get the wireless link working was to throw out the
> 3Coim card and replace it with one from US Robotics. My wifi network has
> worked like a dream since.
>
> --
> Tony Marston
>
> http://www.tonymarston.net
>
>
>
> "Edward W. Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:eDm22l$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> The likelyhood is it is a software Firewall problem rather than anything
>> to do with your equipment. If you have a software firewall, have you
>> tried disabling it? The indications are something (Firewall) is
>> preventing the router connecting. Nevertheless it is probably the right
>> thing to do to download and install the latest drivers.
>>
>> "richieg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:4AC62EBD-0865-4873-ABC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have the 3 com officeconnect router & card combo and since installing
>>>SP2 I
>>> get the following every time it initially connects; "Limited or no
>>> internet
>>> access" and a yellow hazard symbol appears on the connection icon in the
>>> toolbar. My homepage does not appear. Is there anything I need to change
>>> to
>>> get it to connect properly. Sometimes when I get it to reconnect
>>> manually
>>> this goes away
>>>
>>> "Edward W. Thompson" wrote:
>>>
>>>> A heads up. I have found that the 3com Wireless Card Manager included
>>>> on
>>>> the OfficeConnect 11g PC Card CRWE154G72 installation CD identified as
>>>> Version 2.1 August 2003 does not load in WINXP SP2. The most recent
>>>> driver
>>>> file for PC Card CRWE154G72, available from www.3com.com , does load
>>>> and
>>>> function OK. Hope this may be of use to someone e the and save them an
>>>> hour of
>>>> trying to work out why the program instals but will not run in WINXP
>>>> SP2
>>>> when it works fine in WINXP SP1.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Edward W. Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a 3com PC Card on my laptop and a 3com ADSL router hardwired to my
>desktop and both worked without problems straight out of the box. I have
>since updated both firmware and drivers for the card and router before
>loading SP2 all without problems. With respect to code 10, I think that
>translates to a driver problem.

It is a driver problem, AFAIK. All 3Com could tell me on their web-based
knowledge base was that I should look for conflicts in Device Manager (there
were none) or to install the latest drivers. This problem arose when I tried
to install the latest drivers, so it was a problem with their software. As
the 3Com card was virtually useless I tried a US Robotics card instead and
it worked beautifully. So I threw the 3Com card into the rubbish bin.

--
Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net


> "Tony Marston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I bought a 3Com card to link my notebook to my desktop but could never get
>>it to work properly, either before installing SP2 or after. The problem
>>was that it would establish the link and work for a while, then it would
>>stop working and cause my notebook to freeze completely. I tried to
>>install the latest drivers from 3Com but I kept getting a Code 10 error.
>>
>> The only way I found to get the wireless link working was to throw out
>> the 3Coim card and replace it with one from US Robotics. My wifi network
>> has worked like a dream since.
>>
>> --
>> Tony Marston
>>
>> http://www.tonymarston.net
>>
>>
>>
>> "Edward W. Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:eDm22l$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> The likelyhood is it is a software Firewall problem rather than anything
>>> to do with your equipment. If you have a software firewall, have you
>>> tried disabling it? The indications are something (Firewall) is
>>> preventing the router connecting. Nevertheless it is probably the right
>>> thing to do to download and install the latest drivers.
>>>
>>> "richieg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:4AC62EBD-0865-4873-ABC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>I have the 3 com officeconnect router & card combo and since installing
>>>>SP2 I
>>>> get the following every time it initially connects; "Limited or no
>>>> internet
>>>> access" and a yellow hazard symbol appears on the connection icon in
>>>> the
>>>> toolbar. My homepage does not appear. Is there anything I need to
>>>> change to
>>>> get it to connect properly. Sometimes when I get it to reconnect
>>>> manually
>>>> this goes away
>>>>
>>>> "Edward W. Thompson" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A heads up. I have found that the 3com Wireless Card Manager included
>>>>> on
>>>>> the OfficeConnect 11g PC Card CRWE154G72 installation CD identified as
>>>>> Version 2.1 August 2003 does not load in WINXP SP2. The most recent
>>>>> driver
>>>>> file for PC Card CRWE154G72, available from www.3com.com , does load
>>>>> and
>>>>> function OK. Hope this may be of use to someone e the and save them
>>>>> an hour of
>>>>> trying to work out why the program instals but will not run in WINXP
>>>>> SP2
>>>>> when it works fine in WINXP SP1.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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