Netgear USB Wireless w/Win XP SP2 Q's?

I've been trying to get this new adapter working under the above
referenced config. Today I used Control Panel/Remove Programs and
removed the Netgear configuration program(s) completely.

Upon completion I then plugged in the USB adapter and the usual dialog
popped up asking for a supplied CDROM. I inserted the Netgear
supplied one and selected the XP drivers. The install went smoothly
and as expected.

Now, when I scan for networks it displays my WPA secured network
(along with several others) and when I double click it it goes through
the connection actions culminating with Obtaining Network Address and
finally Connected (Hurray).

But EXACTLY four seconds later the connection is dropped and the
process starts all over again and again and again and again.

I am at my wits end with this. Has anyone experienced this action
before and if so what, if anything, was done to resolve it?

Any suggestions, advice, pointers will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob

Bob_M <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>I've been trying to get this new adapter working under the above
>referenced config. Today I used Control Panel/Remove Programs and
>removed the Netgear configuration program(s) completely.
>
>Upon completion I then plugged in the USB adapter and the usual dialog
>popped up asking for a supplied CDROM. I inserted the Netgear
>supplied one and selected the XP drivers. The install went smoothly
>and as expected.

Could I trouble you to disclose the model number of your Netgear USB
adapter? Extra points for disclosing what access point or router
you're connecting to.

>Now, when I scan for networks it displays my WPA secured network

>(along with several others) and when I double click it it goes through
>the connection actions culminating with Obtaining Network Address and
>finally Connected (Hurray).
>
>But EXACTLY four seconds later the connection is dropped and the
>process starts all over again and again and again and again.

WPA is failing to authenticate. Check your typing for the WPA phrase.

>I am at my wits end with this. Has anyone experienced this action
>before and if so what, if anything, was done to resolve it?

Not me. I nevr mak typng errrors.

>Any suggestions, advice, pointers will be greatly appreciated.

Also see:
http://kbserver.netgear.com/inquira/...61#__highlight

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Bob_M <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> But EXACTLY four seconds later the connection is dropped and the
> process starts all over again and again and again and again.

I am sorry that I don't have an answer for you, but I have
experienced the identical situation in my various attempts to get
a wireless PCI card working in the Win98SE box, as mentioned in my
post, <(E-Mail Removed)>.

I hope that we can get a good answer to this. I have some
suspicions, but I don't want to muddy the water with uninformed
speculations.

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:53:33 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Not me. I nevr mak typng errrors.

Thanks guys for the input. Sorry about the model number omission.
Its an MA111v2 USB wireless adapter.

Now, this morning... came to work, brought up the system, wireless
network came up, four seconds later disconnected. Played around with
the firewall on/off button (normally I keep it off because I am behind
a firewall) and click on repair connection. Took some time but it
came up and for some unknown reason, it is still up (5 minutes now)
and I am typing this. I didn't do anything special except toggle the
Windows firewall on/off/on/off a few times then repair.

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed. But, don't think I will purchase
Netgear wireless stuff again. I've had NO problems
installing/configuration/using other brand wireless in the past.

Thanks,

Bob

bobmct <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:53:33 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Not me. I nevr mak typng errrors.

Did you check your typing? I've blown it a few times with leading
spaces and difficult to see punctuation marks.

>Thanks guys for the input. Sorry about the model number omission.
>Its an MA111v2 USB wireless adapter.

There are a few postings on DSLreports forums that suggest that the
Netgear wireless utility is deficient and suggests using Windoze
Wireless Zero Config instead. Have you tried both?

>Now, this morning... came to work, brought up the system, wireless
>network came up, four seconds later disconnected.

What's the access point maker and model? Does it have some form of
security such as MAC or IP address filters? Any secondary
authentication such as RADIUS? It appears that you're successfully
associating with the access point but something is declaring you to be
unauthorized, unathenticated, or unwanted.

>Played around with
>the firewall on/off button (normally I keep it off because I am behind
>a firewall) and click on repair connection.

Ummm... is this an authorized wireless access point at work, or an
unathorized one? Just curious.

>Took some time but it
>came up and for some unknown reason, it is still up (5 minutes now)
>and I am typing this. I didn't do anything special except toggle the
>Windows firewall on/off/on/off a few times then repair.

Weird. Since it appears to be your personal access point, you might
want to just start over. Just reset to defaults and setup a really
simple unencrypted session. That should work or one end is possibly
broken. Then, turn on WPA encryption. If that works, turn on
whatever MAC or IP filters are probably causing problems.

>I'll be keeping my fingers crossed. But, don't think I will purchase
>Netgear wireless stuff again. I've had NO problems
>installing/configuration/using other brand wireless in the past.

Are there any other laptops in the office that can (or cannot) connect
to this mystery access point? Also, try your laptop at a wireless hot
spot to see if it's working as expected. That will isolate whether
the problem is at the MA111v2 end or at the mystery access point end.

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On 8 Feb 2006 04:27:53 -0000, Anchoret <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Bob_M <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
>> But EXACTLY four seconds later the connection is dropped and the
>> process starts all over again and again and again and again.
>
>I am sorry that I don't have an answer for you, but I have
>experienced the identical situation in my various attempts to get
>a wireless PCI card working in the Win98SE box, as mentioned in my
>post, <(E-Mail Removed)>.
>
>I hope that we can get a good answer to this. I have some
>suspicions, but I don't want to muddy the water with uninformed
>speculations.
>

FYI - figured it out myself but eventually get a response from Netgear
tech support.

It appears that Win SP2 broke something in the netgear programs. I
had removed/uninstalled the netgear programs and used PnP to re-detect
the device and install ONLY the drivers. From then on the Windows
Zero Configuration seemed to handle things just fine. It stayed up
ALL DAY today. Slow, but up and alive.

Thanks all.

Bob

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In <(E-Mail Removed)> on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:40:22
-0800, Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>bobmct <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>>Thanks guys for the input. Sorry about the model number omission.
>>Its an MA111v2 USB wireless adapter.
>
>There are a few postings on DSLreports forums that suggest that the
>Netgear wireless utility is deficient and suggests using Windoze
>Wireless Zero Config instead. Have you tried both?

FWIW I've found the Netgear wireless utility (latest version) to work very
well in addition to being more capable than Windows Wireless Zero Config.

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In <(E-Mail Removed)> on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:56:15
-0500, Bob_M <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>FYI - figured it out myself but eventually get a response from Netgear
>tech support.
>
>It appears that Win SP2 broke something in the netgear programs. ...

Netgear software is working fine here on Windows XP SP2, perhaps because I'm
using the latest versions. See <http://tinyurl.com/b9j8o> for more info on
SP2 issues and fixes.

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Bob_M <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> But EXACTLY four seconds later the connection is dropped and the
> process starts all over again and again and again and again.

I am sorry that I don't have an answer for you, but I have
experienced the identical situation in my various attempts to get
a wireless PCI card working in the Win98SE box, as mentioned in my
post, <(E-Mail Removed)>.

I hope that we can get a good answer to this. I have some
suspicions, but I don't want to muddy the water with uninformed
speculations.

Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

>>But EXACTLY four seconds later the connection is dropped and the
>>process starts all over again and again and again and again.

>WPA is failing to authenticate. Check your typing for the WPA
phrase.

That was exactly my suspicion in my case -- though there was
nothing wrong with the passphrase. I've watched this happen once
in a while on this machine and after a couple of auto-retry
attempt it goes. Why? I dunno. I also notice that the router
admin page sometimes rejects logon and you have to enter it twice,
though it's automated and has no possibility for error. Glitches!

When I get the wireless card working in the Win98SE box (see
above) I'll be able to play with this some more.

BTW, Gibson says that certain wireless chipsets can't handle non-
alphanumeric ASCII key characters, which could explain non-
authentication if you're using, for example, higher-security 63-
character random string keys. I'm not positive, but I believe
this is the case with ZyDAS 1211 devices. Logon problems
disappeared with that unit after going to a straight alphanumeric
key. More experimentation is in order.