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Old 06-14-2008   #1 (permalink)
bensoir


 
 

Wireless dropouts and old adapters


Hi all,

I'm having major dropouts with my wireless network. I have other
machines connected, linux, xp and both are great but vista is dropping
out all the time. I think it's something to do with old wireless
network adapters I have installed on my machine.

The wireless connection I am using is called connection 3 which means I
have at some point installed a wireless usb on a couple of my usb
ports.

The question is how do I remove the wireless connections 1 and 2 and
just leave 3 the one I am using at the moment.

I can't find any uninstall for the belkin adapter I used previously but
know they're still on my machine somewhere.

Thanks guys


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Old 06-14-2008   #2 (permalink)
Sooner Al [MVP]


 
 

Re: Wireless dropouts and old adapters

You can "Merge and delete network locations" in Vista.

Network Location Type - Change

Are you broadcasting your wireless network SSID? Not doing so can cause
connectivity issues. More information here...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb726942.aspx

Its also possible you have a conflict with another wireless network using
the same SSID and/or channel. You could run a scan using the "cmd /k netsh
wlan show networks mode=bssid " command from the "Start -> Run" window or
use one of these scan programs that run on Vista.

http://www.wlanbook.com/netstumbler-alternatives/
http://www.xirrus.com/library/wifitools.php

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>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having major dropouts with my wireless network. I have other
> machines connected, linux, xp and both are great but vista is dropping
> out all the time. I think it's something to do with old wireless
> network adapters I have installed on my machine.
>
> The wireless connection I am using is called connection 3 which means I
> have at some point installed a wireless usb on a couple of my usb
> ports.
>
> The question is how do I remove the wireless connections 1 and 2 and
> just leave 3 the one I am using at the moment.
>
> I can't find any uninstall for the belkin adapter I used previously but
> know they're still on my machine somewhere.
>
> Thanks guys
>
>
> --
> bensoir
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> View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=986284
>
> http://forums.techarena.in
>
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