Activesync drops wireless connection

>I use a wireless connection on my laptop which works 99.9% flawlessly
>without interruptions for many months. It connects on my wireless network
>which consists of a router which uses channel 6 and an access point which
>uses channel 11. I have AS 4.2 and have been using it to sync with my
>i-mate ppc without any problems. I just changed phone and noticed the
>following strange problem: As soon as I connect the new phone/pda to usb
>and AS starts sync, my wifi connection drops and after a while a get
>"limited or no connectivity", this happens because it stops the connection
>on the access point which uses channel 11 and tries to connect to channel 6
>which is far away with very low signal.
> Why could AS connection prohibit my laptop from using channel 11?
>

> It's not a channel problem and a search of the archives will show you that
> you're not the first, if my read of symptoms is correct. The thread was
> called "ActiveSync Kills Wireless". If you change the security of your
> nearby wireless network to something other than WPA, it shouldn't be a
> problem, and some have had success getting the latest drivers or wireless
> clients from Intel (I presume this is an Intel wireless chipset in your
> PC).
> Here's a link to the search page for the archives:
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync?hl=en
> Basically, it's a bug in Intel's wireless chipset driver or in the
> wireless client from Intel. When it sees what it interprets as an
> insecure network connection (the USB connection to the device is a network
> connection), it drops the WPA wireless connection to avoid contaminating
> the network (or something).
> Paul T.
>>I use a wireless connection on my laptop which works 99.9% flawlessly
>>without interruptions for many months. It connects on my wireless network
>>which consists of a router which uses channel 6 and an access point which
>>uses channel 11. I have AS 4.2 and have been using it to sync with my
>>i-mate ppc without any problems. I just changed phone and noticed the
>>following strange problem: As soon as I connect the new phone/pda to usb
>>and AS starts sync, my wifi connection drops and after a while a get
>>"limited or no connectivity", this happens because it stops the connection
>>on the access point which uses channel 11 and tries to connect to channel
>>6 which is far away with very low signal.
>> Why could AS connection prohibit my laptop from using channel 11?
>

> Yes it's Intel but I have all the latest updates both for client and
> adapter. I don't think it's the client because I've tried both the Intel
> and Microsoft clients with the same results. It must be the adapter's
> problem.
> However there is still a mystery. Why, didn't this problem ever happen
> with my previous device? I was using the same computer with the same
> configuration until yesterday and this never happened.
> I don't think that changing WPA is an option though because this will
> lower security.
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
>> It's not a channel problem and a search of the archives will show you
>> that you're not the first, if my read of symptoms is correct. The thread
>> was called "ActiveSync Kills Wireless". If you change the security of
>> your nearby wireless network to something other than WPA, it shouldn't be
>> a problem, and some have had success getting the latest drivers or
>> wireless clients from Intel (I presume this is an Intel wireless chipset
>> in your PC).
>> Here's a link to the search page for the archives:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync?hl=en
>> Basically, it's a bug in Intel's wireless chipset driver or in the
>> wireless client from Intel. When it sees what it interprets as an
>> insecure network connection (the USB connection to the device is a
>> network connection), it drops the WPA wireless connection to avoid
>> contaminating the network (or something).
>> Paul T.
>>>I use a wireless connection on my laptop which works 99.9% flawlessly
>>>without interruptions for many months. It connects on my wireless
>>>network which consists of a router which uses channel 6 and an access
>>>point which uses channel 11. I have AS 4.2 and have been using it to
>>>sync with my i-mate ppc without any problems. I just changed phone and
>>>noticed the following strange problem: As soon as I connect the new
>>>phone/pda to usb and AS starts sync, my wifi connection drops and after a
>>>while a get "limited or no connectivity", this happens because it stops
>>>the connection on the access point which uses channel 11 and tries to
>>>connect to channel 6 which is far away with very low signal.
>>> Why could AS connection prohibit my laptop from using channel 11?
>

> Yes, not everyone was successful at getting a functional system in any way
> other than reducing security on the wireless network. Some people did
> have success changing clients, while others changed drivers. There was no
> one right answer.
> If the previous device was not a WM5 device, it never happened because the
> WM5 device acts like a network adapter and previous devices acted like
> specific USB devices that required special drivers and did *not* appear to
> the system like additional network devices. Some WM5 devices have the
> ability to act like the old-style devices, thus allowing them, I would
> presume (my WM5 device does *not* have this option), to work around this
> problem.
> Paul T.
>> Yes it's Intel but I have all the latest updates both for client and
>> adapter. I don't think it's the client because I've tried both the Intel
>> and Microsoft clients with the same results. It must be the adapter's
>> problem.
>> However there is still a mystery. Why, didn't this problem ever happen
>> with my previous device? I was using the same computer with the same
>> configuration until yesterday and this never happened.
>> I don't think that changing WPA is an option though because this will
>> lower security.
>> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam
>>> It's not a channel problem and a search of the archives will show you
>>> that you're not the first, if my read of symptoms is correct. The
>>> thread was called "ActiveSync Kills Wireless". If you change the
>>> security of your nearby wireless network to something other than WPA, it
>>> shouldn't be a problem, and some have had success getting the latest
>>> drivers or wireless clients from Intel (I presume this is an Intel
>>> wireless chipset in your PC).
>>> Here's a link to the search page for the archives:
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync?hl=en
>>> Basically, it's a bug in Intel's wireless chipset driver or in the
>>> wireless client from Intel. When it sees what it interprets as an
>>> insecure network connection (the USB connection to the device is a
>>> network connection), it drops the WPA wireless connection to avoid
>>> contaminating the network (or something).
>>> Paul T.
>>>>I use a wireless connection on my laptop which works 99.9% flawlessly
>>>>without interruptions for many months. It connects on my wireless
>>>>network which consists of a router which uses channel 6 and an access
>>>>point which uses channel 11. I have AS 4.2 and have been using it to
>>>>sync with my i-mate ppc without any problems. I just changed phone and
>>>>noticed the following strange problem: As soon as I connect the new
>>>>phone/pda to usb and AS starts sync, my wifi connection drops and after
>>>>a while a get "limited or no connectivity", this happens because it
>>>>stops the connection on the access point which uses channel 11 and tries
>>>>to connect to channel 6 which is far away with very low signal.
>>>> Why could AS connection prohibit my laptop from using channel 11?
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