LAN not waking afer standby...

Hi there, I wonder if anybody can help me.

I have just installed my Wireless network at home and it is all working
really well.

I have but one issue, and that it on one of my PCs (WinXP) that has a
USB 2 Wireless dongle, does not recommect to the LAN once the PC is
woken from standby (plain standby - not hibernation). The wireless
re-establishes itself but the LAN does not. Presumably this is something
to do with the USB NIC not telling the PC that the link is back ans do
the LAN services don't see the link.

Other then not using standby mode, buying PCI wireless car or cabling,
is there anything that I might be able to do this.

Thanks for any help.
Steve

"Steve Reeves" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have just installed my Wireless network at home and it is all working
> really well.
>
> I have but one issue, and that it on one of my PCs (WinXP) that has a
> USB 2 Wireless dongle, [...]

Make and model?

How are wireless connections managed (by XP or the manufacturer's utility)?

> The wireless re-establishes itself but the LAN does not.

It is not clear what you mean. Please describe what led you to this
conclusion.

> Other then not using standby mode, buying PCI wireless car or cabling,
> is there anything that I might be able to do this.

Does using static IP configuration avoid the problem?

Alex

> Make and model?
Kcorp KLS 5810 with USB NIC Kcorp KLX-682 USB 2.0 dongle.


> How are wireless connections managed (by XP or the manufacturer's utility)?
Manufactureres utility.

>
>
>>The wireless re-establishes itself but the LAN does not.
>
>
> It is not clear what you mean. Please describe what led you to this
> conclusion.
The Kcorp software detects the wireless network correctly and shows a
good quality connection.
XP on the other hand fails to re-establish the Windows to Windows network.

> Does using static IP configuration avoid the problem?
Don't know, haven't tried it - I must admit that I thought PCs going to
standby that had DHCP assigned IPs remember them - maybe it is the
router that is not remembering which would make more sense. I'll check
it out.

Thanks
Steve

On or around Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:11:58 +0000, Steve Reeves
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>> Does using static IP configuration avoid the problem?

>Don't know, haven't tried it - I must admit that I thought PCs going to
>standby that had DHCP assigned IPs remember them -

They should, but Windows being Windows, anything could happen.

>maybe it is the
>router that is not remembering which would make more sense. I'll check
>it out.
>
I don't follow that logic. The router doesn't know whether the PC's
are asleep or awake so it wouldn't do\not do anything dependent on the
PC's awakeness.
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| Stuart @ SJW Electrical. Please Reply to group. |

> I don't follow that logic. The router doesn't know whether the PC's
> are asleep or awake so it wouldn't do\not do anything dependent on the
> PC's awakeness.

I was wondering if the router detected that the wireless link to the
access point had dropped would make it 'forget' the IP address it had
given the machine. Pronanly totally wrong - but that was my logic!

On or around Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:08:00 +0000, Steve Reeves
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>
>> I don't follow that logic. The router doesn't know whether the PC's
>> are asleep or awake so it wouldn't do\not do anything dependent on the
>> PC's awakeness.
>
>I was wondering if the router detected that the wireless link to the
>access point had dropped would make it 'forget' the IP address it had
>given the machine. Pronanly totally wrong - but that was my logic!

No. If a machine goes to sleep, wireless or wired, the IP address is
retained. You can still ping and access files on a PC when it is
asleep.
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| Stuart @ SJW Electrical. Please Reply to group. |

"Steve Reeves" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Make and model?
>
> Kcorp KLS 5810 with USB NIC Kcorp KLX-682 USB 2.0 dongle.
>
> > How are wireless connections managed (by XP or the manufacturer's
> > utility)?
>
> Manufactureres utility.

Can you use/have you tried using XP's built-in capabilities instead?

> >>The wireless re-establishes itself but the LAN does not.
> >
> > It is not clear what you mean. Please describe what led you to this
> > conclusion.
>
> The Kcorp software detects the wireless network correctly and shows a
> good quality connection.

OK.

> XP on the other hand fails to re-establish the Windows to Windows
> network.

Again, please describe what led you to this conclusion. What can't you do
that you could before?

Alex