Wireless connection drops on XP home ed.

It's more likely that this problem is the result of having 802.1x
authentication checked.
Windows XP SP1 changes the default behavior of the 802.1x authentication
setting when used on wireless networks. When this setting was enabled before
applying SP1, if no authentication server was found, the setting was ignored
and a persistent connection could be obtained. Stricter enforcement under
SP1 prevents attaching to a rogue access point. If 802.1x authentication
(which must be used with WEP) is enabled under SP1, if no authentication
packet is received after three minutes, the connection will be dropped.
During the installation of SP1, any settings enabling 802.1x authentication
for wireless connections will be removed. If you find that you lose your
connection every three minutes, authentication may be enabled on a network
that does not have authentication servers. Verify that 802.1x authentication
is turned off if your network has no authentication server by following
these steps:
1.. Right-click the wireless connection, and then click Properties.
2.. Click the Wireless Networks tab.
3.. Select the network name in the Preferred networks window, and then
click Properties.
4.. Select the Authentication tab.
5.. Make sure that the check box for authentication is not selected.

Fernando wrote:

> I set up a wireless network at home. My XP home ed.
> computer drops the connection every 2 min. or so. I
> checked on Intel and found that its a problem with
> centrino and a patch that XP has Q815485. I tried to
> uninstall the patch (as per intel instructions). When I
> go to the add and remove programs the patch (hotfix) is
> not listed there.
>
> Any ideas on how to remove the patch?

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