Panasonic tough books having issue with Zero IT connectivity

Summary

Zero IT not properly getting set up on windows xp

Question

Why Panasonic tough books are not connecting to Zero-IT wlan ?

Customer Environment

ZD 3000 on 9.8.0.0.373 version

Root Cause

These new technologies are much newer than the old Intel NIC drivers, which does not recognize/support k and r or its supplicants.

Workaround

- Upgrading these WiFi? adapter drivers sometime solves this issue but not every time, Especially Intel WiFi? link 5100 works with just an update to a latest driver version.

Resolution

- Disabled 802.11r FT Roaming and 802.11k Neighbor-list Report.
- The Panasonic laptops with windows XP started to join the Zero-IT wlan without any problem.

Article Number:
000003601

Updated:
May 06, 2020 04:17 PM (over 4 years ago)

Tags:
Configuration, Troubleshooting, Known Issues and Workarounds, ZoneDirector, ZoneFlex Indoor, ZoneFlex Outdoor

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