Vista - Automatic wireless reconnection after Vista restart

Hi, Helping a friend setup a home network.

Environment:
1. New Belkin N Wireless router (F5D8233-4) set to:
Authentication: WPA-PSK + WPA2 + PSK
Encryption: TKIP + AES
Unique SSID and pre-shared key entered
2. New HP Pavilion DV6000 laptop running Vista Premium. Built-in 'G'
wireless adapter (Atheros). The driver is the latest version.
3. Using the regular Vista network setup tools, a stable wireless
connection can be established with the configuration described above.

Problem:
1. The wireless connection to the private home network fails to
automatically re-connect following a Vista restart.
2. The wireless connection can be successfully re-established by
disconnecting from the private home network followed by a 'connect' to the
same private network. This process does not require entry of the pre-shared
key.

Thanx, Tom Walter

please post an ipconfig /all from that computer when it is in the
"bad" state

http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...t-text-output/

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:48:01 -0800, Tom Walter
<TomWalter@xxxxxx> wrote:
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Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Hi Barb, In response. When it fails, the notebook is attempting to connect
to a public network. When compared to a good, manually-set connection, the
router DNS data (among other items) is missing.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Name-HP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-4C-2C-81-FE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::284e:f0b:8f7c:994b%13(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.153.75(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 285220428
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-E7-32-BD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{409D4060-069E-48D9-A322-98F065EEF
13B}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 15:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.153.75%23(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Thanks,

Tom Walter


"Barb Bowman" wrote:

first, unbind IPv6
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...windows-vista/

if that alone does not fix you up, the next step is
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928233/en-us

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:19:00 -0800, Tom Walter
<TomWalter@xxxxxx> wrote:
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/