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    z81sp wireless problems

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by londez, Dec 15, 2006.

  1. londez

    londez Notebook Evangelist

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    I've been haveing alot of problems with my z81sp wireless LAN card since I first got about 5 or 6 months ago. When trying to connect to my dad's wireless LAN, it may connect for an hour, loose the connection, or not connect at all. I have no problem at all to my university's un-secured connection in the library, and yet it won't connect to any of the school's unsecured connections in the other buildings.

    Recently, the problems have gotten alot worse. Sometimes the blue Wi-Fi light under the keyboard doesn't turn on, but it will still say that it's picking up a connection at the bottom of the screen. The wireless LAN console says that it's turned on, but when I go try to get into the asus Wlan control center it says that I have to connect the wireless card. Pressing the Wi-Fi lan button over the keyboard doesn't work at all. I've had this problem before and it went away, but now it's back again. It seems to happen every time I'm within range of an un-secured wireless network other than the library's or whenever I'm within range of my dad's encrypted network (which I should have access to).

    Does this sound like a driver issue or is my computer and/or wireless card dieing on me?
     
    londez, Dec 15, 2006
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    try turning off/disable windows zero configuration service and see if any improvement can be seen

    find the latest driver would not hurt

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Dec 17, 2006
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    May try resetting the card, may have a bad connection.
     
    blue68f100, Dec 17, 2006
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    londez Notebook Evangelist

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    how do I turn off/disable windows zero configuration service?
     
    londez, Dec 31, 2006
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    From start-> All Program -> administrative tools -> services (toward the bottom)
    You will need to stop the service and disable the service from starting. After you do this you must use the utility that came with the z81sp card. If no utility came with the card it is design to use the MS Zero config.

    It's possiable you are have a chip set clash. 2 different mfg having problems working together. Kind of like ford and chev. But this is very rare. Make sure you have the latest drives. Also check with MS updates, hardware. Hardware updates are not installed automaticly.
     
    blue68f100, Dec 31, 2006
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