Sunday, January 31, 2010

Windows XP fast user switch disconnects wireless connection

I got a new wireless router last month, a linksys WAG120N and after setting it up I discovered that I couldn't establish wireless connectivity from another user profile on Windows XP when doing a fast user switch.

The first profile that was logged on and connected worked fine, but if that user remained logged on and I switched to another user then the second user could not connect.

So after battling with this for a month I finally managed to find a work-around, which I will share here in the hope that it reduces frustration amongst other long suffering souls.

1) Log into your routers configuration page something like http://192.168.1.1/
2) Navigate to the wireless security settings
3) Set the security mode to WEP
3.1) Be aware or the security risks : http://www.home-wlan.com/WEP-vs-WPA.html
4) Generate or enter keys, and remember which key is set as the active key.
5) Save settings.
6) Remove your old wireless connection profile.
7) Add a new wireless connection profile using the WEP key from above.
8) Check connectivity
9) Fast user switch to another profile
10) Repeat steps 6), 7), 8) & 9) until all profiles are working.

I saw this question asked on google answers without an answer:

Subversive vs Subclipse

OK, so I've been playing around with subversive a bit more and I've changed my preference from subclipse to subversive.
However I the last time that I did a clean installation from scratch on Galileo it was still a bit of a mission, I had to install components from both the Eclipse update site and from the Polarion update site.