Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG - impact advisory

Posted: 03-04-2006, 03:05 PM
CTP build 5308 appears to have the same issue as the previous build 5270
with the Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG driver.

The default installation may have an incorrect/defective driver installed.
The corrective action is:

- use Windows update Vista Applet to download updates
- ensure the "Optional" update for the 2200BG driver is checked
- install the updates; restart
- use Device Manager to Update the driver > Browse My Computer > Let Me Pick
From A List
- There will be two identical selections for the 2200BG; we had to click the
top selection.
- restart

Until the driver is replaced, adjacent 802.11 networks and devices will be
impacted, even if the Vista computer is not configured for access to a
particular wireless network. Typical symptoms on the adjacent computers
include the network connection going up and down every two or three minutes
as the signal is dropped and re-acquired.

An alternate action is to disable the wireless adapter in Device Manager
until the correct driver may be installed.

We have only verified this on a IBM T42 notebook, and only with 802.11 "G",
although it is not inconceivable this issue is present with other computer
makes and models.




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Re: Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG - impact advisory
Posted: 03-04-2006, 04:53 PM
Great Tip Greg Thanks, I will test this next week.

I have been struggling with a similar thing, though this would be 802.11b
network with a T43, but same card.


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"Greg Askew" <g@devnull.net> wrote in message
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> CTP build 5308 appears to have the same issue as the previous build 5270
> with the Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG driver.
>
> The default installation may have an incorrect/defective driver installed.
> The corrective action is:
>
> - use Windows update Vista Applet to download updates
> - ensure the "Optional" update for the 2200BG driver is checked
> - install the updates; restart
> - use Device Manager to Update the driver > Browse My Computer > Let Me
> Pick From A List
> - There will be two identical selections for the 2200BG; we had to click
> the top selection.
> - restart
>
> Until the driver is replaced, adjacent 802.11 networks and devices will be
> impacted, even if the Vista computer is not configured for access to a
> particular wireless network. Typical symptoms on the adjacent computers
> include the network connection going up and down every two or three
> minutes as the signal is dropped and re-acquired.
>
> An alternate action is to disable the wireless adapter in Device Manager
> until the correct driver may be installed.
>
> We have only verified this on a IBM T42 notebook, and only with 802.11
> "G", although it is not inconceivable this issue is present with other
> computer makes and models.
>
>
>
>

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