Re: Vista's wireless connection software is much less resilient than XP's?

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Mortimer says...
>
> Is it just my laptop or is Vista's software for establishing a connection to
> a wireless network much less resilient than XP's. I'm talking about the
> buillt-in software rather than any proprietary software supplied by a
> wireless adaptor vendor.
>
> My Vista laptop will often not re-connect to an existing network
> automatically if I reboot it or wake it up from sleep. Sometimes it can take
> several attempts to manually disconnect and connect before it works. Once
> the connection has been established, it is invariably rock-solid as long as
> I stay in range.
>
> The problem seems worst if I move from one network to another (eg use my
> network, sleep the laptop, move to a friend's house, wake up laptop), though
> I've seen it even when I reconnect to the same network that I was on before
> I put the laptop to sleep.
>
> If it fails to connect, it's usually an "incorrect response from router"
> error.
>
> My girlfriend's Netgear DG834PN router seems to cause more connection
> problems than my Netgear DG834GT.
>
> My old XP laptop, also with a built-in adaptor, never had connection
> problems. Maybe it's the adaptor rather than the OS...

Working fine here. I think I'd be looking at the drivers or some of the
options in them under Device Manager,adapter, properties, Advanced.

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