WPA-Enterprise: How does it work really?

Hi folks... hope there are experts here ^^

Ok I'm having this year-long problem with my laptop configured wirelessly to my workplace... apparently, it is very erratic.

I almost always cannot get it to reconnect wirelessly whenever I restart the PC. Sometimes when it wakes up from sleep, or sometimes even if I switched it on for the first time in the day.

The problem is I don't experience this at all @ home, which I use WEP authentication. Yeah, I know it is less secure, but at least it NEVER gave me any disconnection/fail to reconnect sh*t.

My wireless network at my workplace is said to be WPA-Enterprise. So, strangely, there isn't a need for any password. Also, there is all the crap about validate certificate, caching profile on computer, all those sh*t.

Can someone explain how I can configure so that it will be hassle-free? The techs at my workplace aren't really able to solve the problem... even after a year.

Btw I'm using vista with SP1. The problem was not resolved even after SP1.

Please help! Any recommendation for me to check out the settings on my own is fine!

 

Almost sounds like they are have problem with the radius server doing the auth. Could also be a timing issue since wireless can be a lot slower if there is a lot of traffic. May have them activate QoS bandwidth control to even up the load on wireless. You may be able to increase priority based on application and/or IP address (radius server). This should speed up the auth process.