Wireless Zero??

Harvey Gratt

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Jun 2, 2003, 11:29:36 AM6/2/03

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I'm just getting into the networking arena. I have seen references to a
"wireless zero" service - what exactly is it? From what I've been able
to see, it appears that it is an XP networking application that
configures the various pieces in a wireless network.

Is this only used when the wireless hardware is from different vendors,
i.e., if all hardware is from same vendor wouldn't the vendor's software
configuration utilities do the same job?

Thanks,
Harvey

Bobc

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Jun 2, 2003, 12:10:01 PM6/2/03

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Harvey Gratt <hgr...@attbi.com> wrote in news:3EDB6D21...@attbi.com:

The vendor's drivers and utilities almost always work best for most people,
regardless of whether the hardware is from different vendors or not.
Disable wireless zero configuration in XP. WZC is microsoft's attempt at
control. Search the newsgroups and you will find the majority of
recommendations are to disable the wireless zero config.

c hore

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Jun 2, 2003, 7:42:00 PM6/2/03

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Bobc wrote...

> The vendor's drivers and utilities almost always work best for most people,
> regardless of whether the hardware is from different vendors or not.
> Disable wireless zero configuration in XP. WZC is microsoft's attempt at
> control. Search the newsgroups and you will find the majority of
> recommendations are to disable the wireless zero config.

In the "Wireless Networks" tab of the Wireless Network Connection
Properties dialog box, there is an option named "Use Windows to
configure my wireless network settings". By default it is checked.

Could unchecking this option be done instead of stopping WZC,
and also have the same good effect as stopping WZC?

If you stop WZC, would this option still matter?

Alexei Boukirev

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Jun 2, 2003, 7:56:13 PM6/2/03

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car...@yahoo.com (c hore) wrote in
news:ca167c61.0306...@posting.google.com:

> In the "Wireless Networks" tab of the Wireless Network Connection
> Properties dialog box, there is an option named "Use Windows to
> configure my wireless network settings". By default it is checked.
>
> Could unchecking this option be done instead of stopping WZC,
> and also have the same good effect as stopping WZC?
>
> If you stop WZC, would this option still matter?

Unless your Wi-Fi card vendor provided a utility to manage Profiles and to
scan for available networks, turning off WZC will just make your wireless
unfunctional. I'm not sure about unchecking that checkbox. At least that
does not seem to stop or disable WZC service.

Try it out. You can always turn it back on.

Alexei

Bobc

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Jun 2, 2003, 9:15:17 PM6/2/03

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Alexei Boukirev <abou...@blah.ameritech.net> wrote in
news:Xns938EC06BE3DBab...@206.127.4.13:

You are correct. I meant to post above to disable use windows to configure
my wireless networks. I should not have said anything about WZC unless your
NIC does not support WZC. Sorry about my mispost.

Pavel A.

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Jun 3, 2003, 6:39:34 AM6/3/03

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Check out the new newsgroup on msnews.microsoft.com -
microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless

It is monitored by MS folks; seems to be a perfect place for WinXP WZC questions.

Regards,
-- PA

©2003 Mark G

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Jun 4, 2003, 5:50:14 PM6/4/03

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> The vendor's drivers and utilities almost always work best for most
> people, regardless of whether the hardware is from different vendors or
> not. Disable wireless zero configuration in XP. WZC is microsoft's
> attempt at control. Search the newsgroups and you will find the majority
> of recommendations are to disable the wireless zero config.

With my Dlink AP 650+ and 520+ I got more sense out of the XP WZC than the
DLink utilities, and things have never worked this well. I also noticed
that the latest DLink utilities ONLY use XP's system.

Martin Saltiel

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Jun 6, 2003, 10:03:21 PM6/6/03

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I think you'll find they use them by DEFAULT! you can turn them off as
described elsewhere.

But yes the later drivers are better.

--
Martin Saltiel

These computers will never catch on...

SuperX

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Jun 7, 2003, 8:56:12 AM6/7/03

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> >
> > With my Dlink AP 650+ and 520+ I got more sense out of the XP WZC than
the
> > DLink utilities, and things have never worked this well. I also
noticed
> > that the latest DLink utilities ONLY use XP's system.

The only way I could get my Dlink set (the same) to work consistently was by
uninstalling Dlink's apps and using only the latest (as of April) driver set
with WZC...since then, it works perfectly, never a problem.

©2003 Mark G

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Jun 7, 2003, 5:54:46 PM6/7/03

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Kinda simlar to what I did, I just removed the Airplus from the startup,
and rely on 3.02 drivers and WZC and it's working quite well...