XP Wireless network "challenge"

[superjet]

Hello all,
I set up a wireless network this week for a friend. It is a Linksys wireless router, a Windows 98 box with a Dlink wireless card, and an XP Home box with a Dlink card with external antenna.
I have much experience with networking, but I have not used XP much. I think that is the problem.
The 98 machine works fine, but the XP box is the problem child. XP and the DLink utilty both say the signal strength from the router is excellent and I get an IP address 192.168.xxx.xxx. I can ipconfig /release and /renew with success.
The problem is I can't surf the net with this machine. I can't ping anything, internal or extenal.
If I go into the properties of the wirelss card and uncheck "network sharing" and check it again. I can ping and surf.
All seemed to work fine until I ran the automatic update from MS.
Is their somthing I am missing here?

Thanks in advance.
Jamie

 

[bcastner]

XP will want to use its native Wireless Zero Configuration service for the adapter. If you have installed the D-Link client (as you did for Win98) you need to use Control Panel, Admistrative Tools, Services, to stop the Wireless Zero Configuration Service, and set its startup desposition to Manual or not enabled.

You cannot mix and match under XP wireless client configuration facilities. If you want pure XP, then download and apply the Wireless Hotfix rollup, and remove the D-Link Configuration utility. You cannot have it both ways.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826942

Other notes:

. disable on the client 802.1x authentication
. enable broadcast of SSID from whatever wireless router you are using.
. Change channels. Try 1 and 11 for router, and all wireless clients;
. If using the XP client:
. Set the SSID as a preferred client
. Make sure the access is for Infrastucture or Wireless Access Points only
. Uncheck the box to allow access to unsecured Networks