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   From: dokterbill@gmail.com   
      
   Marti van Lin "repugnant; would rather jump out of a plane without a   
   parachute than be seen with a male; has inflexible busties" whose job   
   is as a teacher objected   
      
   > Op 1-6-2010 18:44, Peter schreef:   
   >> In article<3vmdnfkxQ86LtpjRnZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@   
   mchsi.com>,   
   >> grinder@no.spam.maam.com says...   
   >>> On 6/1/2010 10:36 AM, Marti van Lin wrote:   
   >>>> Hi Windows XP Experts,   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I have a question about Windows XP and Wireless networking.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Here is the situation:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I am    
   currently running Windows XP Home on my Acer Aspire 7220, which   
   >>>> originally shipped with Windows Vista Home Basic. Which IMHO was a pig.   
   >>>> Out of frustration I installed several GNU/Linux distributions (mostly   
   >>>> kept up with the latest    
   Ubuntu release) which ran fine.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> My family stays in touch using Skype, yet unfortunately the GNU/Linux   
   >>>> version of Skype is a POS. My family can see and hear me, but I can't   
   >>>> see them.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> So I replaced Ubuntu 10.04 with    
   Microsoft Windows XP Home and after   
   >>>> updates and SP3, Wireless Networking, using WPA2 finally works, but   
   >>>> don't ask how.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> My (secondary) Sitecom Wireless router is connected to a (primary)   
   >>>> Emminent router. Under GNU/Linux I    
   could simply use the (secondary)   
   >>>> wireless router as a access point (the CAT5 UTP cable from the    
   >>>> (primary)   
   >>>> Emminent router was simply connected to a random LAN port, which ran   
   >>>> fine under GNU/Linux). Under Windows XP I have to    
   connect the CAT5 UTP   
   >>>> cable from the (primary) Emminent router to the WAN port of the   
   >>>> (secondary) Sitecom Wireless router. Otherwise Windows XP doesn't pick   
   >>>> up the Wireless signal at all.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I wonder what I've done wrong.   
   >>>   
   >   
   >> I can't tell what's wrong with your scenario, but I can report that I   
   >>> have a similar configuration that works well with several flavors of   
   >>> Windows, including XP Home.  A wired linksys router has its WAN port   
   >>> connected to a cable modem,    
   and one of it's LAN ports connected to the   
   >>> LAN port on a wireless Linksys router.  In fact, I've done this setup   
   >>> several times with different brands of hardware and not had any problem.   
   >>>   
   >>> Moreover, it seems odd to me that your routers    
   would in any way be   
   >>> affected by your choice of operating system.  Maybe you have   
   >>> mal-configured your routers coincident with this OS change, or have some   
   >>> bad drivers on the XP side.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I have 4 or 5 computers using various    
   incarnations of Windows connect to   
   >> a similar setup (though slightly reversed). Main cable modem goes to   
   >> wireless router. 4 port switch is connected to wireless router through   
   >> standard lan ports. What I did have to do, if I recall, was to turn    
   off   
   >> DHCP on the 4 port switch, which allowed the wireless router to assign   
   >> IPs to all devices connected. Before this I had a hell of a problem   
   >> getting things working.   
   >>   
   >> Other than that it has no problems with any O/S that I connect to    
   it.   
   >>   
   > Thanks again for all the help and guidance.   
   >   
   > I checked out the settings of the Sitecom Wireless router carefully, but    
   > couldn't figure out the cause.   
   >   
   > I booted a Ubuntu GNU/Linux Live CD and the wireless connection worked    
   >    
   flawlessly. Thus I installed Windows XP on my dated but still fine working    
   > Athlon XP 2000+ desktop (1 GiB RAM, nVidia FX500 GPU) and will install    
   > Ubuntu 10.04   
      
   With that "awfull" mono?   
   Did you ask for Roy's permission?   
   >   
   > With kind regards,   
      
   >   
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