From: mike 

>Her machine is updated *fairely* regularly with MS patches.

Were any patches or config changes made since the PC was last working?

(I know it is an obvious question, but it needs to be asked...   :)

 /m



On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:26:47 -0500, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

>V's machine is suddenly having wireless problems.
>
>Wifi Router:  Linksys WRT54G v5
>Her machine is a Compaq with XP; I've also got a Dell D610 corp machine
>with XP to compare results/settings with.
>
>Her machine suddenly cannot see the router unless it is broadcasting SSID.
>The Dell machine has no problems when the router is (or is not -- the
>usual set up) broadcasting SSID.
>
>I've changed channels.  No impact (still needs SSID broadcasting).
>I reset the router and brought it back to the config "last known
working"
>with V's machine.  No impact.
>
>Her machine is updated *fairely* regularly with MS patches.
>
>The corp Dell machine is quite tightly locked down so MS updates/patches
>are pushed through on a very selective basis.
>
>
>Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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