[wpkg-users] "The network path was not found." - Windows 7, wireless connection.

[Chris Wilcox]

> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:21:35 -0500
> From: brinegar at physics.unc.edu
> To: subscription at kkeane.com
> CC: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
> Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] "The network path was not found." - Windows 7, wireless connection.
> 
> This does not seem to be true for Windows XP. I have not tested this on 
> Windows 7, but if I had to guess I would think it is 
> connection-dependent. The user is asked to configure the Wireless 
> Connection (if applicable) in the OOBE when setting up Windows - which 
> occurs before a login occurs. This deserves some more investigation 
> with multiple wireless authentication schemes.
> 
> To the original poster:
> 
> I would investigate forcing the WPKG service to depend on the Wireless 
> Connection. It will not start until the service or system component 
> becomes available. You should be careful with what you select, because 
> you may run into situations that won't let WPKG start. I've only worked 
> with service dependencies on Windows XP, but I'm sure there's 
> documentation out on the net that will help you. Note that the service 
> depends on AFD and TCP/IP by default. That should be a start, in any case.
> 
> Justin
> 
> Kevin Keane wrote:
> > I believe Windows establishes the wireless connection only at login. This is because with some types of wireless authentication (Enterprise/RADIUS-based), the Windows user name and password actually doubles as wireless user name and password.
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-
> >> bounces at lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of jetshopit at o2.co.uk
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:11 AM
> >> To: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
> >> Subject: [wpkg-users] "The network path was not found." - Windows 7,
> >> wireless connection.
> >>
> >> I have Windows 7 machines which are connected only by wireless. WPKG is
> >> set to run at startup. However, no packages are installed, instead the
> >> Event Viewer has an error entry
> >>
> >> WNetAddConnection2-> The network path was not found.
> >>
> >> from WPKGService.
> >>
> >> If I manually start the service, all is well. So I think the problem
> >> is that WPKG is running before the wireless connection is established.
> >> I'm not actually sure when Windows 7 establishes the wireless
> >> connection - at startup or at login.
> >>
> >> How can I make wpkg wait until the connection is established, then
> >> run, rather than quitting as is currently the case? Possibly something
> >> with the 'Execute Before' option?

 

This isn't a Win7 issue per-se, I've seen it recently on some XP Home netbooks too.  The current Beta of wpkg client has an option to restart the service up to 10 times if it fails.  I found this was enough to ensure the wireless connection was made during up to these 10 restarts.

 

wpkg already depends on the tcp/ip service but this doesn't seem enough to handle some slow wireless connectivity issues.

 

Chris
 		 	   		  
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