Howdy...I have been able to install the drivers for my wireless ralink 2500 chipsetusing theXP drivers, however, I have not been able to configure WEP and SSID in the Ralink & MS utilities. Withboth utilities I have been unable to save those settings (WEP& SSID). So basically Vista never recognizes a wireless network. The wizards and all have me going in a circle. One note, I have no problem bypassing the router with a NIC. I only have the Windows Firewall and have set my router loosely, and still Vista does not reconize a network of any kind. Any ideas?

Hello, Did you try with netsh tool? netsh wlan and after you can configure and save your profile

Yes I did Philippe, but I also got the BSOD when the adapter attempted to connect to my Netgear router. When I search for networks in my area Vista has been unable to find the router, excepttwice when as stated above I got the BSOD. I'm of the mind that the problem would be remedied with "real" Vista drivers.

Update of my problem...found that the XP drivers for most of my wireless adapters (I have 3 different wireless adapters) that come with the devices actually work. What doesn't work are the config utilities that come with the hardware. I have found that if you install XP driver/utility tool, and then remove the utilily software and restart, the drivers will reinstall (w/hardware found) and the Vista config tool will do it's job.

I also have been having trouble with wireless networking on Vista. I have a Dell desktop and Toshiba laptop connected to a Netgear wireless router. Both had been running fine under XP, with the laptop connected wirelessly and the Dell with a CAT5 patch directly into the back of the router. Web access came via a shared dial-up connection on the laptop. When I installed Vista, this arrangement worked OK for an hour or so, then suddenly the dekstop was unable to detect the wireless network. Further troubleshooting also led to the same problem with the laptop. When I reconfigured the wireless settings on the router to change to a secured network, both machines were able to detect the network and join it. However they are still unable to see each other (PING, etc) and now the dial-up connection fails immediate after the modems hand-shake (error 500, I think, didn't get a proper look at it). I'll try using netsh and see what happens. I have to say I'm disapointed with networking so far in Vista; it's really spread around all over the place, quite difficult to locate the different property panels for making changes. I was hoping that MS would go the other way, i.e. make it a more turn-key type implementation, but so far I would say configuring a wireless network is even more difficult than in XP, and much harder to troubleshoot. I'll spend more time working on it over the weekend and post any solutions I find.

I wholeheartedly agree with your opinion concerning Vista's Network Center. I have problems seeing my laptop w/XP from my desktop or the laptop seeing the desktop, however, I am able to ping the laptop from Vista (not from XP to Vista.However my network setup differs greatly from yours. My 2 desktops (only one is Vista)and Toshiba laptop are all wireless and my router (Netgear) is hooked to the cable modem. For some reason the Vista assumes I need to apply my SSID and wep to the internal network. Oh well, didn't think a Beta would just work out of the box!!! You didn't say whether both of your computers are now running Vista. But, have you consided connecting your dial up through the desktop?

I tried a variety of configurations over the week-end, with a focus on a driver issue being the hub of my problems. Whilst I could have my dial-up via the desktop, because of a new layout in my home this isn't very practical. Anyway, the main problem seems to be the driver Vista uses for the laptop's wifi (Intel 2100). I decided to re-Ghost from the factory disc (I only use the machine for a few spreadsheets), and so went back to XP SP2. Now the laptop has no problems connecting to the Netgear box, and it's connection to the desktop is working perfectly - now all I have to do is figure out how to make Vista on the desktop accept an XP driver for a printer that is directly connected to it (or move the printer!) I've noticed that each time I reconfigured the LAN settings on the Vista desktop, Vista made a new network connection, but still won;t allow me to delete any of the old ones. Messy.

First u enable wzc in Manage then u can find