Vista Wifi Patch Sorta Released
Microsoft is kind of making available a pre-Vista Service Pack 1 hotfix that corrects several wireless internet bugs. This Knowledge Base article explains the hotfix, which fixes the following issues:
SYMPTOMS
On a Microsoft Windows Vista-based computer, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms in a wireless network environment.Symptom 1
IEEE 802.1X authentication that is based on Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) switching may fail.For example, you try to use computer authentication and user authentication to switch the client computer to different VLANs. However, the client computer does not obtain the correct IP address during VLAN switching.
Symptom 2
In a wireless profile, the information about the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method that is selected in a user interface may be incorrect.For example, if different vendors provide more than one EAP method, the EAP method that is displayed in a wireless profile is not the EAP method that is actually selected.
Symptom 3
A wireless profile that an independent hardware vendor (IHV) provides may be corrupted after you use the wireless profile user interface to edit the profile. When this problem occurs, you may receive an error message that Windows Explorer has crashed.Symptom 4
Every time that you roam to a different wireless access point, you are prompted to provide a user credential. This problem occurs even if you have saved the user credential.Symptom 5
You registered a Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) method that the IHV provided. When you try to authenticate against an Internet Authentication Service (IAS) server, the server may reject the authentication, and the IAS server may send an error message that the authentication has failed. The Onex.dll file crashes when this problem occurs.
The hotfix is only for systems having one of those specific problems, so if you aren’t, don’t install it. If you do have that problem, call Microsoft support and they will get you the hotfix. A faster and easier way to contact them is by using this page to email and ask for the hotfix.
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