Thank you for this info... This may be helpful to others who will hit the
10093/Linksys error in the future!
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> I've been reading various post about wireless problems and Win XP SP2.
>
> I thought I would post what has been happening with my network.
>
> I have a Linksys wrk54g router hooked up to a desktop PC running Win XP
> Home edition SP1.
> I have a Linksys wusb54g usb adapter hooked up to another desktop PC
> running Win XP Pro SP2.
> I have a Linksys wpc54g notebook adapter on my Dell inspiron 1100 laptop
> running Win XP Home edition SP2.
>
> I didn't have any problems with the 2 desktops. The Linksys network
> monitor works OK on SP1
> and works on the second PC even after I installed SP2 on the second
> desktop (wusb54g).
>
> My laptop was a different story. I originally had SP1 on it and I was
> using the wusb54g usb adapter
> and network monitor without any problems. I decided to upgrade to SP2 and
> still everything was
> working OK. I decided to buy the wpc54g notebook adapter for my laptop and
> leave the usb
> adapter on the desktop. I followed the instruction for installing the
> software and thats where the
> problems started on my laptop. I got errors installing the software but
> finally got it installed. Every
> time the Linksys network monitor tried to execute I got the message
> "10093: Successful WSAStartup
> not yet performed." and I couldn't connect to the internet. I gave up
> trying to use the Linksys monitor
> and used the windows monitor instead. I was able to connect to the
> internet but I had to manually start
> and stop the network connection. If I didn't stop the connection before I
> turned off my laptop, when
> I turned it on the next time, the network would connect by itself and then
> about 3 seconds later disconnect.
> It would continue in this 3 second cycle of connecting/disconnecting until
> I stopped the connection and
> then manually started it again.
>
> I later installed an FTP program on my laptop. The FTP program wouldn't
> connect to the internet even
> though the same program worked on my desktop and connected without any
> problems. Thats when I
> checked my firewall program to see what was being blocked. To my surprise,
> the FTP program was
> being blocked, and also the wpc54g.exe program. I changed the setting on
> both entries and the FTP
> program connected OK. I then tried starting the linksys network monitor
> expecting the 10093 error,
> but the monitor came up OK. I moved the wpc54g.exe program back into the
> startup folder, changed
> the setting so windows no longer controlled the connection, and re-booted
> the laptop. The Linksys
> network monitor came up without the 10093 error and my laptop connected to
> the internet. So far
> things seem to be working OK.
>
> My original purpose of the wireless system was so my wife and I could get
> on the internet at the same
> time. So while she's on the internet on her desktop, I can connect from
> either my desktop or laptop.
> I haven't tried to network the drives of the 3 computers together yet, but
> I don't think I'll have a problem.
>
> Dave.
>
> daparty
> @
> centurytel.
> net
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