XP MCE and Wireless USB compatibility Problems

I have just got a new XP MCE PC and bought a Dynamode wireless USM dongle. IT
doesnt work and cannot figure out why. The symptoms were that eventually
after hours of messing i got it to connect but then it dropped connection and
would not reconnect. I went out and bought a Belkin one and have had similar
problems with that.

I spoke to Belkin support and they tell me that it is not compatible with MCE.

Does this sound like this is the problem i am having with both of these
adaptors?

What USB Wireless adaptors ARE compatible with MCE? Most shops/literature
just state compatible with XP (of which MCE is only an ad-on in my opinion -
it is still basically XP).

Is there a general compatibility issue with MCE. Should i have just bought
normal XP?

Any comments would be appreciated as without wireless ability a PC is pretty
useless really and i am reluctant to try yet another random adaptor and
possibly have the same problems....

Thanks very much, J

It sounds to me like someone basically didn't want to deal with you. If it
works with XP I would expect it to work with Media Center. So just what does
your network consist of? What are you trying to connect to?

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"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3B7B5814-1E43-4682-B354-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have just got a new XP MCE PC and bought a Dynamode wireless USM dongle.
>IT
> doesnt work and cannot figure out why. The symptoms were that eventually
> after hours of messing i got it to connect but then it dropped connection
> and
> would not reconnect. I went out and bought a Belkin one and have had
> similar
> problems with that.
>
> I spoke to Belkin support and they tell me that it is not compatible with
> MCE.
>
> Does this sound like this is the problem i am having with both of these
> adaptors?
>
> What USB Wireless adaptors ARE compatible with MCE? Most shops/literature
> just state compatible with XP (of which MCE is only an ad-on in my
> opinion -
> it is still basically XP).
>
> Is there a general compatibility issue with MCE. Should i have just bought
> normal XP?
>
> Any comments would be appreciated as without wireless ability a PC is
> pretty
> useless really and i am reluctant to try yet another random adaptor and
> possibly have the same problems....
>
> Thanks very much, J

Hi
I agree with David the problem is a basic networking problem, probably
hardware installation.
Try to find out what actually does not work.
May be this can Help.
http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"David Hettel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It sounds to me like someone basically didn't want to deal with you. If it
> works with XP I would expect it to work with Media Center. So just what
> does your network consist of? What are you trying to connect to?
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for
> everyone
> to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me
> in
> E-mail or news groups.
>
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> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
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> indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of,
> or
> inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this post and
> confers
> no rights.
>
>
>
> "Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3B7B5814-1E43-4682-B354-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have just got a new XP MCE PC and bought a Dynamode wireless USM dongle.
>>IT
>> doesnt work and cannot figure out why. The symptoms were that eventually
>> after hours of messing i got it to connect but then it dropped connection
>> and
>> would not reconnect. I went out and bought a Belkin one and have had
>> similar
>> problems with that.
>>
>> I spoke to Belkin support and they tell me that it is not compatible with
>> MCE.
>>
>> Does this sound like this is the problem i am having with both of these
>> adaptors?
>>
>> What USB Wireless adaptors ARE compatible with MCE? Most shops/literature
>> just state compatible with XP (of which MCE is only an ad-on in my
>> opinion -
>> it is still basically XP).
>>
>> Is there a general compatibility issue with MCE. Should i have just
>> bought
>> normal XP?
>>
>> Any comments would be appreciated as without wireless ability a PC is
>> pretty
>> useless really and i am reluctant to try yet another random adaptor and
>> possibly have the same problems....
>>
>> Thanks very much, J
>

"David Hettel" wrote:
> It sounds to me like someone basically didn't want to deal with you. If it
> works with XP I would expect it to work with Media Center.

While this is true generally, the MCE has it's own GUI shell that can
cause different behavior.
Since MCE is installed only on selected OEM systems, may be it
has been thorougly tested only with the WLAN adapters that come
with these systems, and not with all and any others.

Regards,
--PA