Wireless coonectivity on start up

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I have a new Vista premium Fujitsu Siemens laptop bought for my parents. I am
setting it up to run on boot, mail and internet explorer with 8 tabs open so
that the amount of typing and clicking they have to do is minimised.
However the laptop does not appear to allow connection to a wireless
connection at start up. Instead you have to wait until it fails click on the
network icon in the system tray diagnose why windows cannot find any network;
wait for vista to work out that there is no wirelss connectivity, click on
the repair wireless connectivity then vista repair itself. Fujitsu state that
this is a feature of XP (!).
Question 1 Can I switch on the connectiivity on startup to allow this to
happen seamlessly.
Question 2 If this is not possible is there some way of creating a shortcut
which would allow the click of one button rather than going through the
learning experience each time that the connectivity requires to be switched
on.
 
Hi,
If I correctly understood, your problem is that you wireless connection to
your router is not restored when windows starts.
If yes then it seems you're having the same problem I did. If you use the
automatic settings in the tcp/ip protocol, change it to manual and enter all
the information, ip, subnet mask, gateway and dns if you use it.

....at least it worked for me.

Paul
 
Thanks PaulV but I am not using DHCP and have three other PCs connected
wirelelssly through a linksys wireless usb adapter. It appears to be a
feature of the laptop.
 
Do you use any WEP or WPA encryption?

Draag2 said:
Thanks PaulV but I am not using DHCP and have three other PCs connected
wirelelssly through a linksys wireless usb adapter. It appears to be a
feature of the laptop.
Click to expand...
 
Yes I have WEP but that is not the issue

The laptop switches off connectivity, Vista looks and says "Turn on wireless
capability" and starts quite happily thereafter. If I could establish the
routine that Vista uses then I could include it at Startup or create a
shortcut on the desktop.
 
Draag, do you have "Connect automatically when this network is in range"
selected in the wireless network properties? (In Network and Sharing Center,
click "Manage wireless networks" and then right-click the connection and
click Properties.)

No, this is not normal Vista behavior. I suppose it's possible that it is
some "feature" of your NIC.

Thanks,
Gloria
 
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