Linksys PCI Card used with USR WAP

[RDIPESA]

I have a 5 machine network, all with 2000 Server. I am using an USR WAP 2450. Three of the machines have USR Wireless Adapters 2410. Two have Linksys PCI Card V2.7. It seems that for whatever reason, the Linksys PCI Cards are not establishing a connection to the USR WAP until after the desktop and Start Bar are visible. You can see imediately once the system tray is apparent that the wireless connection icon has a red X through. Then, after 2 or 3 seconds, the X disappears, signifying the connection to the WAP has been established. Needless to say, this is causing problems with mapped network drives that are not able to connect becuase the adapter has not connected to the WAP yet. Does anybody have the same setup working properly?

[cszeto]

Not too many folks are running any servers here. It's mostly assistance in basic networking across this forum.

It sounds like you may have a NIC driver related issue. You should probably contact the Linksys folks in the Philippines, what's where all their support is based out of...

[RDIPESA]

This is not a server issue, it is a basic networking issue concerning compatiblity between different manufaturers of 802.11b compliant hardware. However, USR and Linksys could give me no information as to why their card was not detecting the USR WAP in a timely fashion. That is why I was posting to this area to see if someone has a properly functioning network using the same types of networking components that I described in the orginal post.

Thanks, anyway!

Russ

[cszeto]

Understood, but most folks on this forum are not running servers and a server configuration is less likely to be found amongst this crowd. Now back to the issue at hand.

It is most likely not a wireless access/router issue as the wireless NIC driver needs to establish the connection. The wireless access/router just sits there in this situation. You might try to disable WEP or any other encryption that is in place and/or make sure that the SSIDs are configured across all the wireless network components. It's very likely Linksys' NIC driver regardless.

Here's the other question, why do you have servers running through a wireless network? The general thought is that one would want the best network throughput performance available for servers. Most network designers will probably not have wireless on their lists for server interconnects due to its lack of throughput and potential interoperability complexities when compared to traditional wired ethernet.

This wireless server configuration may be looked upon by most as an "odd" arrangement, which might also explain why there is a lack of information from the vendors too. The "servers" portion of your arrangement probably threw them off. Wireless networks typically serve end-point user devices.