Independent Hardware Vendor: A business term for companies specializing in making or selling computer hardware, usually for niche markets.

Consider the following scenario:

• You are running a Windows Vista-based computer.
• You use an independent hardware vendor (IHV) profile that implements a third-party Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method to establish a wireless connection.

In this scenario, you may be unable to connect to a wireless network.

Note: This problem does not occur on a Windows XP-based computer.