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Wifi card blows out network
I apologize if this is not the right newsgroup for this question, but
I'm not seeing anything show up in ibm.ibmpc.thinkpad where I originally posted this question, so I thought somebody here might know something even though this is not, strictly speaking, a "networking" problem. I'm working on a friends Thinkpad 760XL. It worked pretty well so I added an Xterasys wifi card (http://www.xterasys.com/xn2411b.htm) to connect it to her LAN so her daughter could do some basic Internet and word processing things. The card configures and works well, but Win98SE's networking and "plug-n-play" are being difficult. I made a quick search of the Web and newsgroups via Google, but I'm not even sure how to query for it. Specifically, whenever the wifi card is removed from the PCMCIA slot (whether the card stopped with the PCI applet or just removed, whether the machine is shut down or powered up) then reinserted and the system rebooted, Windows loses the adaptor and recognizes the card as new hardware. It then proceeds to ask for a driver, and when satisfied, reboots normally. However, two wifi adaptors and TCP/IP protocols then appear in the networking properties, and they step on each other so that neither will function despite the fact that one of them (the original?) appears to be configured correctly. The solution is to delete both 802.11b adaptors and reinstall all the network components (adaptor and protocols) then configure them from scratch -- major pain. After reinstallation I can reboot the machine and shut down all I want, as long as the card isn't removed the machine connects the network normally every time. Is there some way to prevent the machine from losing the card when it is removed? Am I doing something wrong in the setup? Is a battery dying? Has anyone seen anything like this before? Thanks. -- Mark E. Adams, 2004 -- drop the "dot" to email me. CONSIDER: ===========---------,,,,,,,,,............. . . . . . Elephant, n.: A mouse built to government specifications. =====================---------,,,,,,,,,............. . . . . . |
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