Nightmare with Sitecom wireless network usb adapter

moonfleet · 08-30-2004, 10:12 AM

I've installed the Sitecom Wireless Network USB Adapter WL-012 on to my new desktop computer with Windows XP but am having consistent problems with it.

I use a D-link wireless router connected to broadband and 2 laptops with PCMCIA cards (one D-link and the other Belkin) both work perfectly. My desktop however keeps dropping the connection with the router. 1 in 3 times I start up my computer it won't make a connection at all until I restart it.

I've disabled Windows Zero Configuration but that hasn't made a difference. I've tried installing the latest drivers from Sitecom's website but they don't seem to work at all and several times the computer crashed and once restarted reported a serious error that was the result of a driver problem.

I was using this product with no problems on my former Windows 2000 system so I wonder whether it's a problem with Windows XP.

I can't find help anywhere and I'm only a novice computer user and don't really know what I'm doing.

Any help (in idiot's language) would be enormously appreciated as it's driving me mad and consuming all my time fiddling around (unsuccessfully) with it.

**Praetor** · 08-30-2004, 07:02 PM

Its not something simple like interference form lights/other-wireless/concrete etc is it?

moonfleet · 08-30-2004, 09:47 PM

Good thought, only thing I can think of is my mobile which is nearby, will try putting it somewhere else and see if that makes a difference. Thanks.

moonfleet · 08-31-2004, 08:32 AM

Have tried putting my mobile well away but it's still disconnecting. There's nothing else wireless nearby and the router's only 7 feet away with nothing inbetween. Anyone got any other ideas?

**Praetor** · 09-01-2004, 04:06 PM

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I've disabled Windows Zero Configuration but that hasn't made a difference

Leave it enabled

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I was using this product with no problems on my former Windows 2000 system so I wonder whether it's a problem with Windows XP.

Any luck if you try the W2K drivers instead of the WXP drivers?

koffrie · 10-17-2005, 10:35 AM

I basically have the same problem.
With my laptop (windows 98), I scan the environment, detect my router
and select it. Thereafter I have internet access. The signal is strong, no problems.

When connecting the same USB adapter to my XP desktop, I also detect my router and select it. Thereafter the status bar shows a connection and then the connection is gone and then it reconnects, etc.

I have noticed that on XP in that case different channels are selected.
It starts with channel 11 (which is what I have configured), but when it
swaps to e.g. channel 8 (why ?????), the connection is gone (and I can imagine why !!!).

Also in this case, the signal is strong, so there is no reason to swap channels.

So why is it changing channels on XP and not in Windows ?

From the dos-prompt I can sometimes ping to my router.

08-30-2004, 10:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
moonfleet New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3	Nightmare with Sitecom wireless network usb adapter I've installed the Sitecom Wireless Network USB Adapter WL-012 on to my new desktop computer with Windows XP but am having consistent problems with it. I use a D-link wireless router connected to broadband and 2 laptops with PCMCIA cards (one D-link and the other Belkin) both work perfectly. My desktop however keeps dropping the connection with the router. 1 in 3 times I start up my computer it won't make a connection at all until I restart it. I've disabled Windows Zero Configuration but that hasn't made a difference. I've tried installing the latest drivers from Sitecom's website but they don't seem to work at all and several times the computer crashed and once restarted reported a serious error that was the result of a driver problem. I was using this product with no problems on my former Windows 2000 system so I wonder whether it's a problem with Windows XP. I can't find help anywhere and I'm only a novice computer user and don't really know what I'm doing. Any help (in idiot's language) would be enormously appreciated as it's driving me mad and consuming all my time fiddling around (unsuccessfully) with it.

08-30-2004, 07:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 19,882	Its not something simple like interference form lights/other-wireless/concrete etc is it? __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

08-30-2004, 09:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
moonfleet New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3	It's a possibility Good thought, only thing I can think of is my mobile which is nearby, will try putting it somewhere else and see if that makes a difference. Thanks.

08-31-2004, 08:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
moonfleet New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3	No, that doesn't work Have tried putting my mobile well away but it's still disconnecting. There's nothing else wireless nearby and the router's only 7 feet away with nothing inbetween. Anyone got any other ideas?

10-17-2005, 10:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
koffrie New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	Nightmare with Sitecom wireless network USB adapter I basically have the same problem. With my laptop (windows 98), I scan the environment, detect my router and select it. Thereafter I have internet access. The signal is strong, no problems. When connecting the same USB adapter to my XP desktop, I also detect my router and select it. Thereafter the status bar shows a connection and then the connection is gone and then it reconnects, etc. I have noticed that on XP in that case different channels are selected. It starts with channel 11 (which is what I have configured), but when it swaps to e.g. channel 8 (why ?????), the connection is gone (and I can imagine why !!!). Also in this case, the signal is strong, so there is no reason to swap channels. So why is it changing channels on XP and not in Windows ? From the dos-prompt I can sometimes ping to my router.

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