OT: Windows notebook login problem

[Steve Wiltsie]

This is a strange one and I was wondering if anyone on this list had run 
into it before.

One of my customers (a church and private school), running filePro on an SCO 
system, recently got 7 new XP Pro notebooks for use in the school.  All 
together they have 1 SCO system, 3 Windows servers, and about 250 users. 
Most of the users are on the wired LAN with desktop PCs but some are 
wireless using notebooks.  All of the previous notebooks are working fine. 
All notebooks have built-in Intel wireless and wired network adapters.

These new notebooks seem to have a problem logging into the Windows domain 
as a regular user when connecting wirelessly.  If connected to the wired 
network, we can login as any user or administrator with no problem.  When 
used wirelessly however, only a domain administrator can login - any other 
login will be denied with the message that "the domain is not available". 
In addition, the notebooks don't get an IP address from the PDC if not 
logging in as a domain administrator.

To check this out I took my notebook on site and set it up next to one of 
the problem units.  The Linksys wireless B access point was very close to 
both systems.  Once I joined my notebook to the domain I was able to login 
as an administrator, as filepro, or as any user with no problem.  One the 
other notebook, I was only able to login as the domain administrator if 
trying to connect to the domain.

The problem units have been tested on Cisco wireless G access points in 
other areas of the buildings, the wireless drivers have been updated to the 
latest on Intel's web site, the wireless drivers have been removed and 
reinstalled, the units have been removed from the domain and re-joined, and 
nothing has made any difference so far.  I was just wondering if anyone had 
an idea of how to fix this or what may have caused it.

Thanks,
Steve Wiltsie
microCONCEPTS Div. multi/user/inc.        Since 1981
(812) 474-0127