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December 19, 2001 05:19 PM

Windows XP Goes Wireless

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Tom Iwanski

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XP's integrated wireless client addresses two inherent weaknesses of the 802.11 standard

One of Windows XP's new features is enhanced support for 802.11b wireless networking. While Microsoft was advancing XP through its prerelease versions, the company took every opportunity to show off the features that would supposedly make XP an ideal platform for 802.11 wireless LANs (WLANs). With the release version of XP Professional in hand, I decided to test the OS's WLAN functionality.

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I have recently purchased a Intel 2011 LAN Access Point, and have never used one before. It never came with any real installation instructions like where to plug what where. Can some one give me some insight in what to do??

Berian 6/22/2004 2:36:06 PM

Beware one thing, however: since Micro$oft changed the networking stack in WinXP, not all NIC drivers work right at this time. For example, the 3Com 802.11b PCMCIA cards have a "drop out" problem (they work for 1-3 minutes, then fail), and 3Com and M$ still can't agree on the drivers.

Eric Wallace 12/19/2001 1:30:44 PM

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