digiO

Hi all! I'm new here, and I'm having a problem with WinXP SP2. I installed Service Pack 2 on a clean system and now I cannot connect to the internet. I am using a Linksys WUSB11b adapter, and had been able to connect to my WAP _before_ I installed Service Pack 2. Now that SP2 is installed, windows will not detect the wireless connection and therefore I cannot connect. To insure (beyond the obvious indication of timing) that this was indeed SP2's fault, I installed SP2 on a second system that had internet connectivity through wireless w/o SP2. Again, after installing SP2, I have the same problem. A balloon pops up saying that there are one or more wireless connections available and that I should click it to connect to one of them, but when I do so, no connections are visible (no available wireless connections detected it says). Why does SP2 mess up my wireless connectivity? Is this fixable? SP1 is no longer supported by MS and I want the security benefits of SP2, but those benefits shouldn't include no internet connection!

Thank you in advance...

---DigiO

Geekgirl

Hello,

Heres a few things to try

Open the TCP/IP properties of the wireless connection, Advanced button,
Options tab, TCP/IP filtering button, check that the ports/protocols are
"Permit All". If they are "Permit Only", it will kill the connection.
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/netwo...pict17147.html


TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2.

For these commands, Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt.

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ip reset [log_file_name]

Note: the log_file_name needs to be specified, e.g. netsh int ip reset reset.log
(credits:Johnwill)

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aarz78

What is managing you Wireless Connection? Is it Linksys software or Windows it's self. Try starting the "Wireless Zero Configuration" service (right click My Computer, Select Manage, then click on Services). Also have you installed the most recent driver for you wireless adaptor.

digiO

Okay, here's some more info. I went to the Advanced tab, and it says that the WMI info may be corrupt etc. so I couldn't try your suggested fix. Is there some way to fix the WMI? I am actually writing this from that system as I just removed SP2 and now my connection works fine again.

digiO

Windows is managing my connection, not Linksys. And yes, I have the latest driver for that adapter. Thank you.

Is it possible that my adapter just isn't compatible w/ SP2?

Girderman

Did you start the Wireless Zero Configuration in Administrative Tools > Services ? Is it set to "Auto" ?