It the WLAN connection active when logging onto a domain?

Question

Hi! I was just wondering about this. We have lots of Dell Latitude D600s and these all use WLAN connection to stay connected to the company network. We recently had Novell server, but now we have 2003 Servers and therefore a Windows Domain. But I noticed some problems with windows saying when I tried to logon that 'domain not available(or something)', so I had to login as local administrator and check if the connection was ok, which it was. So I logged in again and after a few times doing this, it worked. BUT, Windows caches domain credentials so if the connection fails again, it uses the saved credentials, meaning that the login script doesn't run. Which it HAS to do! How can I fix this?? Since it works with the physical local LAN connection, it's got to be something with the wireless. Any suggestions?

TECHKUANDO · Answer

have you tried going to the network setting and letting WINDOWS MANAGE your wireless connection? that should help. hope that helps!

Raziel014 · Answer

Why should that help? Shouldn't Dell have figured this out themselves? I must say, I trust the Dell software better than the Windows software, cause we had some issues with letting Windows take care of the connection.

But I'll be happy to give it a try! :) Thanks!

TECHKUANDO · Answer

can't say how it'll work for you, BUT i can say it has worked for my situation. if not, i guess nothing gained, nothing lost... good luck! let us know if it did anything (if at all) for you.

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It the WLAN connection active when logging onto a domain?

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