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I'm rolling out a small group of wireless PCs. I have used one
system as a test bed to make sure everything works. In general, there's
no problem, but there seems to be some behavior which is odd to me. The
client is using a D-Link DWL-G122 wireless USB adapter and we're also using
a D-Link DI-524 router. When I login with an admin. account, the system
automatically connects to the router, no problem. When I login with a
normal user account, I have to manually select the WLAN (SSID) to which I
want to connect. If I allow the client to auto-connect with the normal
user account, it invariably chooses the wrong WLAN (SSID) and I can't get it
out of the authenticating state. The WLAN selection gives me the option to
disconnect from the wrong WLAN, but this doesn't seem to be functional
during the authentication stage. Once I re-configure the system to disable
auto-connect in the normal user's account and re-login, the desired WLAN
can be manually selected and connected, but this seems awkward to me.
In general, I'd like to have the client PC _always_ connected to
the desired WLAN, rather than connecting at login and disconnecting at
logout. If I can't achieve this, is there some way to provide the same
functionality of auto-connecting under a normal user's account?
For a little more background, the client PC is running Windows XP
SP2 and the SSID in which it should reside is not broadcast. The SSID
that gets chosen incorrectly is broadcast.
Thanks,
Mike
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Michael T. Davis | Systems Specialist: CBE,MSE
E-mail: davism@ecr6.ohio-state.edu | Departmental Networking/Computing
-or- DAVISM+@osu.edu | The Ohio State University
http://www.ecr6.ohio-state.edu/~davism/ | 197 Watts, (614) 292-6928
I'm rolling out a small group of wireless PCs. I have used one
system as a test bed to make sure everything works. In general, there's
no problem, but there seems to be some behavior which is odd to me. The
client is using a D-Link DWL-G122 wireless USB adapter and we're also using
a D-Link DI-524 router. When I login with an admin. account, the system
automatically connects to the router, no problem. When I login with a
normal user account, I have to manually select the WLAN (SSID) to which I
want to connect. If I allow the client to auto-connect with the normal
user account, it invariably chooses the wrong WLAN (SSID) and I can't get it
out of the authenticating state. The WLAN selection gives me the option to
disconnect from the wrong WLAN, but this doesn't seem to be functional
during the authentication stage. Once I re-configure the system to disable
auto-connect in the normal user's account and re-login, the desired WLAN
can be manually selected and connected, but this seems awkward to me.
In general, I'd like to have the client PC _always_ connected to
the desired WLAN, rather than connecting at login and disconnecting at
logout. If I can't achieve this, is there some way to provide the same
functionality of auto-connecting under a normal user's account?
For a little more background, the client PC is running Windows XP
SP2 and the SSID in which it should reside is not broadcast. The SSID
that gets chosen incorrectly is broadcast.
Thanks,
Mike
--
Michael T. Davis | Systems Specialist: CBE,MSE
E-mail: davism@ecr6.ohio-state.edu | Departmental Networking/Computing
-or- DAVISM+@osu.edu | The Ohio State University
http://www.ecr6.ohio-state.edu/~davism/ | 197 Watts, (614) 292-6928