thanks for the link userca.. no joy i´m afraid. still exactly the exact same
response.
i think i´ll have to either change to xp or take the laptop back. I have
exactly the same setup in 2 locations (same router with AP) and i´m not going
to change 2 APs just coz vista doesn´t like it.
it´s annoying coz i´ve tried everything and don´t want to give up...
but..
cheers anyway.
orrcad
"Userca" wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I was facing the same problem while trying to connect a Vista / Wi-Fi PC to my Linksys Router WRT54GS. I found a solution in this forum :
>
> http://www.developerfood.com/re-vist...8/article.aspx
>
> It is referenced by Microsoft in :
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us
>
> The problem is the BROADCAST flag in DHCP discovery packets different in Vista vs. XP SP2.
>
> And for me the solution was to set the following registry entry as follows:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{GUID}
>
> Value name: DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag
> Value type: REG_DWORD
> Value data: 0
>
> Then I had to manually remove the PCI Wi-Fi card (Linksys WMT54G) from the computer. At this point I only had a Local connection without internet acces. Then I had to shut-down and restart it to get full internet access.
>
> Nothing to do with what said Mr. Bowman [MS Windows-MVP] in another forum : namely switching from Wireless Default Channel 6 to channel 1 or 11 (to avoid overlapping ... of what ?).
>
> I hope this will help your connection pb.
>
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