Wireless adapter does not search for networks

Wireless connection worked fine until now. Now when I
boot up my Toshiba Centrino with Wireless-G the little
icon in the task tray does not show the searching
symbol. Instead, it just says wireless connections are
available, but it does not connect, since they are not my
preferred network. If I repair the connection, it will
then usually research and will then connect.

Why is my wireless adapter not searching for my wireless
AP at startup? Running Windows XP SP2 with built in
Intel Wireless Adapter. Using Netgear AP.

Thank you in advance for any replies

John,

Please verify that this network is indeed in your preferred list. If that
is the case, then this connection should be automatic, unless you disconnect
from it yourself, in which case it will be marked manual. In SP2, the
wireless configuration will show this information in the preferred network
list.

If it is indeed in the list, and is set to automatic then you should be
connecting just fine. If it is set to manual you will have to connect
manually each time. Repair basically restarts the driver for the wireless
card. I'm not sure how this ends up fixing your problem, but I believe you
when you say it does. My suggestion would be to delete this network from
the preferred networks list, and click OK in that dialog. Next, try to
connect to that network and put it back in the preferred list.
Perhaps there is some problem with the stored information regarding that
network.


--
Brian Wehrle
(E-Mail Removed)
Software Test Engineer/Wireless Networking
Microsoft Corp.



"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:108e01c4e3ed$78c2c080$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Wireless connection worked fine until now. Now when I
> boot up my Toshiba Centrino with Wireless-G the little
> icon in the task tray does not show the searching
> symbol. Instead, it just says wireless connections are
> available, but it does not connect, since they are not my
> preferred network. If I repair the connection, it will
> then usually research and will then connect.
>
> Why is my wireless adapter not searching for my wireless
> AP at startup? Running Windows XP SP2 with built in
> Intel Wireless Adapter. Using Netgear AP.
>
> Thank you in advance for any replies

John,

are you using Link Sys by anay chance because if so their tech line will
walk you right through the process without difficulty. I had the same problem
and they worked it out for me by checking my ISP and making sure the site
weas correctly set up at 192.168.1.1

Geoff

"Brian Wehrle [MSFT]" wrote:

> John,
>
> Please verify that this network is indeed in your preferred list. If that
> is the case, then this connection should be automatic, unless you disconnect
> from it yourself, in which case it will be marked manual. In SP2, the
> wireless configuration will show this information in the preferred network
> list.
>
> If it is indeed in the list, and is set to automatic then you should be
> connecting just fine. If it is set to manual you will have to connect
> manually each time. Repair basically restarts the driver for the wireless
> card. I'm not sure how this ends up fixing your problem, but I believe you
> when you say it does. My suggestion would be to delete this network from
> the preferred networks list, and click OK in that dialog. Next, try to
> connect to that network and put it back in the preferred list.
> Perhaps there is some problem with the stored information regarding that
> network.
>
>
> --
> Brian Wehrle
> (E-Mail Removed)
> Software Test Engineer/Wireless Networking
> Microsoft Corp.
>
>
>
> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:108e01c4e3ed$78c2c080$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Wireless connection worked fine until now. Now when I
> > boot up my Toshiba Centrino with Wireless-G the little
> > icon in the task tray does not show the searching
> > symbol. Instead, it just says wireless connections are
> > available, but it does not connect, since they are not my
> > preferred network. If I repair the connection, it will
> > then usually research and will then connect.
> >
> > Why is my wireless adapter not searching for my wireless
> > AP at startup? Running Windows XP SP2 with built in
> > Intel Wireless Adapter. Using Netgear AP.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any replies
>
>
>

Brian, thank you for your reply. It seems to be related
to my Intel driver to my built in wireless adapter, and
the latest Windows XP SP2 updates.

After posting my problem, I went out to the Intel website
and found that there is a new driver that addresses my
issues. I downloaded the driver and installed it, and
WOW, my network connection works great. Now, when I
power up my laptop, it connects to my AP before my PC is
even fully done loading everything! Before it would take
forever, or not connect at all.

Again, thanks for your input.
John
>-----Original Message-----
>John,
>
>Please verify that this network is indeed in your
preferred list. If that
>is the case, then this connection should be automatic,
unless you disconnect
>from it yourself, in which case it will be marked
manual. In SP2, the
>wireless configuration will show this information in the
preferred network
>list.
>
>If it is indeed in the list, and is set to automatic
then you should be
>connecting just fine. If it is set to manual you will
have to connect
>manually each time. Repair basically restarts the
driver for the wireless
>card. I'm not sure how this ends up fixing your
problem, but I believe you
>when you say it does. My suggestion would be to delete
this network from
>the preferred networks list, and click OK in that
dialog. Next, try to
>connect to that network and put it back in the preferred
list.
>Perhaps there is some problem with the stored
information regarding that
>network.
>
>
>--
>Brian Wehrle
>(E-Mail Removed)
>Software Test Engineer/Wireless Networking
>Microsoft Corp.
>
>
>
>"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:108e01c4e3ed$78c2c080$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Wireless connection worked fine until now. Now when I
>> boot up my Toshiba Centrino with Wireless-G the little
>> icon in the task tray does not show the searching
>> symbol. Instead, it just says wireless connections are
>> available, but it does not connect, since they are not
my
>> preferred network. If I repair the connection, it will
>> then usually research and will then connect.
>>
>> Why is my wireless adapter not searching for my
wireless
>> AP at startup? Running Windows XP SP2 with built in
>> Intel Wireless Adapter. Using Netgear AP.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any replies
>
>
>.
>