USB Wi-Fi Adapter won't connect to Router at Start-up?

Chopper · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:26

As per thread title my Netgear USB Wi-Fi Adapter won't connect to my Netgear Router at Windows Start-up automatically?

I have to manually apply the existing settings before it will connect, therefore things like MSN, Google Chat etc are not all automatically connected as they are executed before I have to manually connect the USB Adapter to the Router. Does anyone know why this is, as the settings never change, they are both the latest Netgear compatible products?

bledd · 11 Jan 2010 at 15:19

use the latest driver, but use the windows software and not the netgear software. depending on the driver, it should connect before login

Sp00n · 11 Jan 2010 at 15:52

Aye... use the windows utility and not the netgear utility and you should be fine.

Chopper · 12 Jan 2010 at 08:09

Ah ok, nice one, just seems weird that it won't work correctly using the netgear utility which seems quite good for all intense purposes.

bledd · 12 Jan 2010 at 17:22

In the case of wireless networking, better the devil you know