Paul
Thu Jun 15 10:23:34 CDT 2006
That's *not* disabling WZC, it's just turning it off for that adapter, or
that's how I'd read it...
Paul T.
"Kirk B" <a@b.c> wrote in message
news:OPiGiyAkGHA.4660@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> If I disable WZC (by unchecking all the options in the WZC gui) and then
> start my own wireless manager (which is nothing fancy -- just an NDIS
> wrapper) then I end up in a real weird state.
>
> Even though I'm associated with an IP and have a valid (static) IP, my CE
> board won't respond to pings and won't get responses to pings it sends.
> But if I start IE, I can get to any web site. If I quickly enable and
> disable WZC, pings are happy again.
>
> So it's as if some aspect of the IP stack is gimped if I disable WZC.
>
> Have any of the folks who have developed WZC replacements experienced
> this?
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
> com> wrote in message news:uMMYuz$jGHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Can't answer that question. If you act just like WZC, I don't see how it
>> would know, but, of course, there's no documentation of what happens and
>> when in WZC.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "Kirk B" <a@b.c> wrote in message
>> news:ufbBYr$jGHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>I guess rather than "How to disable WZC", I should be asking "How do I
>>>make the ISLP2 driver work without WZC".
>>>
>>> Do some drivers *require* WZC?
>>>
>>> -KirkB
>>>
>>> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam
>>> DOT com> wrote in message
>>> news:uJfV93%23jGHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>A search of the group archives would lead you to this thread (as well as
>>>>others):
>>>>
>>>>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsce.app.development/browse_frm/thread/5026f4b51016020c/1536a52f7c14cb3d?lnk=st&q=disable+wzc+group%3Amicrosoft.public.windowsce.*&rnum=7&hl=en#1536a52f7c14cb3d
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure that having your own interface isn't more annoying than
>>>> useful to the end-user?
>>>>
>>>> Paul T.
>>>>
>>>> "Kirk B" <a@b.c> wrote in message
>>>> news:uUmAJy%23jGHA.4660@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>> On our WinCE 5.0 platform, we have a PCMCIA (actually CF) Prism2-based
>>>>> WiFi card.
>>>>>
>>>>> The built-in ISLP2 driver works fine with WZC, but we have our own
>>>>> WiFi connection manager that we would prefer to use. But if I disable
>>>>> WZC by unchecking its "Use Windows to configure my wireless settings"
>>>>> checkbox, my card doesn't seem to associate with AP's or get an IP,
>>>>> even though NDIS calls seem to indicate that I *am* associated nicely.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I enable WCZ, let it perform an initial association, and then
>>>>> disable it, then everything is good and my own wireless manager can
>>>>> happily associate and disssociate with AP's.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ideally, I would love to to totally remove WZC. But if I can't, then
>>>>> I would like it to be totally invisibile and unobtrusive. Is there a
>>>>> way to achieve this?
>>>>>
>>>>> -KB
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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