LinkSys WMP54G won't come up until administrator logs in

It looks to me like the LinkSys WMP54G driver is loaded by the WLAN
Monitor, so somebody has to log in (which isn't helpful when you just
want to power up a machine and access its shared drives). I've tried
this on two different Win2k machines and a Win98SE machine.

Worse, the WLAN monitor refuses to bring the network up (after
boot-up) for non-admin users (except on Win98). If an admin user logs
in, then the wireless card works until the machine is rebooted.

The Win2k machine in question is used by guests and kids, so I'm not
making everyone an admin user. A regular user has to be able to power
up the machine and get on the network.

LinkSys support people either have no clue, or are in denial. I sent
them a complaint via their website, telling them that the drivers HAVE
to run as system service so they come up with the OS at boot time and
don't need an admin user to log in.

So, does anybody have a workaround? Besides buying someone else's
wireless card?

Thanks
tbone

Hey tbone,
when you logon to your win2k box as admin and it works does it just load
the monitor and you have access to the AP? if you need this for the rest
of your users you could put the command that calls the wlan monitor
program in the local policy to run on logon.

logon with you admin account or the local administrator account. go to
start and then run and then gpedit.msc
now you have the local group policy editor open. under computer
configuration there is a administrative templates folder. expand it. then
expand system. open the logon folder and you will see the "run these
programs at user logon" double click on that object. then click on enable
and the click on show and type the path of the Wlan monitor program and
test it as a regular user.

HTH,
Greg


tbone <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> It looks to me like the LinkSys WMP54G driver is loaded by the WLAN
> Monitor, so somebody has to log in (which isn't helpful when you just
> want to power up a machine and access its shared drives). I've tried
> this on two different Win2k machines and a Win98SE machine.
>
> Worse, the WLAN monitor refuses to bring the network up (after
> boot-up) for non-admin users (except on Win98). If an admin user logs
> in, then the wireless card works until the machine is rebooted.
>
> The Win2k machine in question is used by guests and kids, so I'm not
> making everyone an admin user. A regular user has to be able to power
> up the machine and get on the network.
>
> LinkSys support people either have no clue, or are in denial. I sent
> them a complaint via their website, telling them that the drivers HAVE
> to run as system service so they come up with the OS at boot time and
> don't need an admin user to log in.
>
> So, does anybody have a workaround? Besides buying someone else's
> wireless card?
>
> Thanks
> tbone
>

Greg,

I'll try that tomorrow. Is running in that mode different from having
the WLAN monitor in the startup group or in the Run key in the
registry? The program does run for non-admin users. It just doesn't
start the device driver, it seems. The WLAN monitor is in the taskbar,
but the network will not come up.

Thanks,
tbone


On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 04:43:56 GMT, Greg F
<posterboy_2003@msn*n0spam*.com> wrote:

>Hey tbone,
>when you logon to your win2k box as admin and it works does it just load
>the monitor and you have access to the AP? if you need this for the rest
>of your users you could put the command that calls the wlan monitor
>program in the local policy to run on logon.
>
>logon with you admin account or the local administrator account. go to
>start and then run and then gpedit.msc
>now you have the local group policy editor open. under computer
>configuration there is a administrative templates folder. expand it. then
>expand system. open the logon folder and you will see the "run these
>programs at user logon" double click on that object. then click on enable
>and the click on show and type the path of the Wlan monitor program and
>test it as a regular user.
>
>HTH,
>Greg
>
>
>tbone <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>news:(E-Mail Removed) :
>
>> It looks to me like the LinkSys WMP54G driver is loaded by the WLAN
>> Monitor, so somebody has to log in (which isn't helpful when you just
>> want to power up a machine and access its shared drives). I've tried
>> this on two different Win2k machines and a Win98SE machine.
>>
>> Worse, the WLAN monitor refuses to bring the network up (after
>> boot-up) for non-admin users (except on Win98). If an admin user logs
>> in, then the wireless card works until the machine is rebooted.
>>
>> The Win2k machine in question is used by guests and kids, so I'm not
>> making everyone an admin user. A regular user has to be able to power
>> up the machine and get on the network.
>>
>> LinkSys support people either have no clue, or are in denial. I sent
>> them a complaint via their website, telling them that the drivers HAVE
>> to run as system service so they come up with the OS at boot time and
>> don't need an admin user to log in.
>>
>> So, does anybody have a workaround? Besides buying someone else's
>> wireless card?
>>
>> Thanks
>> tbone
>>