Wireless USB adapters to go 'dead' after idling in XP SP2? [wireless usb adapters] [desktop machine]
Re:I followed the advice of the peeps at dslreports and disabled the Zero Configuration Utility service and am using the D-Link utility. Everything is working fine…for now…….
Re:Your issue may be related to WPA. Or, it might have to do with the SP2 replacement for the Windows Zero Configuration utility…
PM me if you cant get it working.. Ive been troubleshooting wireless networks all week since installing SP2 on my and friends' computers.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
I suggest looking at the www.dslreport.com forums under wireless networking, linksys, and netgear. They have several threads on this issue. It appears to be SP2 related, yes.
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Re:I suggest looking at the www.dslreport.com forums under wireless networking, linksys, and netgear. They have several threads on this issue. It appears to be SP2 related, yes.
Re:This is most likely a DHCP / DNS renewal issue, I had similar issues w/ my M6805 laptop using a broadcom chipset and my linksys wireless router if it stayed connected for long periods of time, at first I just gave it a static ip and DNS info and that worked fine even w/ SP1a, I tried DHCP again w/ SP2 and the same issue occured, I then got an HP/Compaq newer driver for my built in wireless and magicly the problem disapeared, so in this case since newer drivers didn't resolve the issue, I'd suggest trying a static IP address and DNS info and see if that works, might solve the problem, many of the consumer grade broadband routers, be they wireless or wired have flaky DHCP support. Just my 2 cents… Hope this helps…
Posted this under your OS thread too 
just incase you missed it there
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