Connected or Disconnected.

Why does my laptop with Windows XP SP2 the Wireless connection shows
disconnected when connected and connected when disconnected?

Using Belkin 54g PCMCIA card. Only started happening when I implemented
shared WEP 64-bit security on my home wireless network. Other PCs are fine.

Jonathan

Jonathan Eales

I have the same problem. It began happening when I loaded SP-2. My wireless
connection icon shows a red "X" indicating the wireless connection is
disabled, yet I can use the internet as normal. Sometimes the red "X" goes
away and the icon blinks in concert with internet activity, which is the
correct indication. I have no idea how to make that happen reliably.

Another oddity is that when I left click the icon and I get the "Wireless
Network Connection" screen, the network is highlighted and in the upper right
corner I see a yellow star and the words "Not Connected". However, I know it
is connected because the internet is active and the button in the lower right
corner has the caption "Disconnect". If the icon is correct, then when I
click it, the word next to the yellow star is "Connected" and all is right
with the world.

This occurs only on my laptop. The "land" computers work fine, but they are
not wireless. Two other laptops on our network both with SP-2 seem to work
correctly. These were purchased with SP-2 already loaded. My computer was
updated with SP-2 over the internet. I suspect the downloaded version of
SP-2 has something missing.

I have not escalated the matter to Microsoft because the network seems to
work fine, only I do not get the proper indication. However, I wish they
would fix it.

"Jonathan Eales" wrote:

> Why does my laptop with Windows XP SP2 the Wireless connection shows
> disconnected when connected and connected when disconnected?
>
> Using Belkin 54g PCMCIA card. Only started happening when I implemented
> shared WEP 64-bit security on my home wireless network. Other PCs are fine.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>

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