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Does you wireless connection employ WEP or 802.1x?
On the authentication tab of your wireless connection profile (Wireless
Neworks->Preferred networks->Properties of the connected
profile->Authentication" , is the "Enable
802.1x authentication for this network" checked or unchecked.
If you don't require 802.1x you should uncheck this checkbox.
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Oliver
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"Jerry Peterson[MSFT]" <jerrype@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Do you know if the connection was dropping before installing XP SP2?
>
> In XP SP1 the balloon pop-ups with network status were much less granular.
> Instead of simply providing the end user with a notification that the
> client has "connected" to the network, XP SP2 provides intermediate
> status. In XP SP1 you would not have recieved a message stating
> "acquiring IP address" because the balloon simply did not exist. This
> does not mean however that the same condition on your client didn't exist
> though. The "acquiring IP address" notification simply means that you
> have associated to a wireless device, complete any security negotiation
> (if any), and you are waiting to obtain a DHCP response from the network.
> Only after you receive a DHCP address will the XP SP2 client then state
> you are "connected".
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
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> Jerry Peterson
> Windows Network Services - Wireless
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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> "Sharath" <Sharath@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>I have a problem after, I have installed SP2. The wireless network
>>connection
>> on my device drops regularly. Even, I tried installing neww driver. But,
>> the
>> problem is with accquiring IP address. It says , that its qccquiring IP
>> address after the connection drops and then it is automatically connected
>> again.
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>