Linksys Wireless Notebook Adaptor

[procket52]

This is not a major problem, but a really annoying nit.

I have used the Linksys wpc54g notebook adaptor and have been very pleased with the product. Very easy to install, worked seamlessly and when I purchased a notebook for my daughter, I moved the adapter over to her machine and had her up and running in about 15 seconds. Absolutely no problems.

However not quite so fast or seamless with the 54gs (supposedly 35% performance enhanced with Speed Boost) which I guess is the upgrade to the 54g. Not only is the software installation far more cumbersome, but now whenever I restart my notebook or move it into standby, (am running xp home on a Compaq notebook 2190us) the wireless connection fails. I then have to right clk the network icon in the system tray since it has a red x through it, view available networks, then have to go to advanced and check the box that allows windows to automatically configure the network settings. Once I do this, I am back on the network.

My question is, how do I get the checkmark on the win config box to stay there permanently. I never had this problem with the 54g, but now I have it with the gs and I thought that this was supposed to be a better product. There just does not seem to be any way to permanently tell win xp that i want windows to automatically configure.

I contacted Compaq support and they had me disable the xp wireless zero configuration but this did not help. And I don’t understand why I even have to be bothered with this zero config issue when it was not even discussed in the wpc54g install????

When I contacted Linksys here is what they had to say:

"If you are installing the wireless card on Windows XP you are not required to use the Linksys WLAN utility software because Windows has a built-in software for wireless cards and that is the Wireless Zero Configuration Utility. With the setting of the checkbox not being saved everytime you restart the PC, you have to contact Microsoft because it is their software."

I really appreciated Linksys telling me it is Microsoft's problem given that I did not have an issue until I installed Linksys's 54gs. Seems a little bassackwards to me, but I am only an apprentice. If I didn't have to use the WLAN utility software on the CD, then why would their documentation specifically instruct the user running XP to insert CD and follow the instructions. Any help much appreciated.

[Sylvander]

I know next to nothing about this topic BUT:
It sounds very similar to similar driver problem that I had with the Windows Volume controls.
The generic Windows driver was failing to update the registry settings to take account of user changes made to the configuration settings.
Using the OEM driver solved the problem because it was actually designed properly.

YOUR PROBLEM
1. My guess is that both the Windows generic driver [or softrware] and the "Linksys wpc54g" OEM driver [or Linksys WLAN Utility Software] were OK because both were made before the issue of the WinXP OS.
2. Now you come along with the "Linksys wpc54gs" and those 2 drivers [or software] are no longer good enough.
You need the updated driver [or software] supplied with the "Linksys wpc54gs" hardware. They did supply one didn't they? Did you go to "Device Manager" and "Update Driver..." [or install the software] for this, new, updated hardware?

The response from Linksys suggests they are not catching on to the fact you are using the "wpc54gs". They think you are talking about the older "wpc54g".