Wireless problem in XP

I have a dual boot system with vista and xp2
Wireless works with vista not with xp
Wireless card is the ip3945ABG - the wireless is detected and icon says
it is working but a ping timesout.
The driver in xp is not the latest but I do not know how to install the
update - if that is the problem
I have checked addresses, DNS etc and all are correct
Any idea of what to do I am not wireless savvy and the local "expert"
tried and left with no idea what the problem was.
Brian


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> I have a dual boot system with vista and xp2
> Wireless works with vista not with xp
> Wireless card is the ip3945ABG - the wireless is detected and icon says
> it is working but a ping timesout.

Then it's not working.

> The driver in xp is not the latest but I do not know how to install the
> update - if that is the problem

You can always download the latest version and install it for the card
using Device Manager.

> I have checked addresses, DNS etc and all are correct
> Any idea of what to do I am not wireless savvy and the local "expert"
> tried and left with no idea what the problem was.

The first thing you should do is see if the computer using XP can connect on
a wire connection, as malware can infect the machine, and it can
hose/knockout the connection on wired and wireless.

make sure DHCP client service is running and your wireless card gets
assigned an IP by the router. No IP, no network, you know

you can also try XP TCP/IP repair and winsock repair

http://www.xp-smoker.com/freeware.html

repeat the ping test

cheers


On Dec 13, 12:03 am, bgrimwade <bgrimwade.31i...@no-
mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:
> I have a dual boot system with vista and xp2
> Wireless works with vista not with xp
> Wireless card is the ip3945ABG - the wireless is detected and icon says
> it is working but a ping timesout.
> The driver in xp is not the latest but I do not know how to install the
> update - if that is the problem
> I have checked addresses, DNS etc and all are correct
> Any idea of what to do I am not wireless savvy and the local "expert"
> tried and left with no idea what the problem was.
> Brian
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