Intermittent disconnects - very frustrating!

The problem is that my Internet connection and any network capability is
occasionally cut off when I restart my laptop computer. When my laptop
starts the wirelesss connectoid tells me that I have a good/excellent
signal but I have no network and no Internet. Sometimes even when I am
accessing the network it seems I just lose the connection without
warning. It requires disconnecting and reconnecting the power to start
things up again.

My wireless network is connected to a wired network. I have converted my
wireless router to an access point and have assigned it a static IP
address out of the range of the wired router 192.168.0.203. The wired
router has been converted to a switch because I have dialup and have
assigned my gateway computer with 192.168.0.1 so that I can use ICS. I
have DHCP enabled on the wireless router though I am not sure it should
be since I have a static IP address. I have a total of 3 computers on a
wired network and 1 for my wireless network. I have a Netgear nic on the
Laptop and both routers are DLInk.

Again, it seems that I can just unplug the DLink router for a couple
seconds and replug it and then the connection comes back. Are there any
settings that I’m missing? I have tried disabling and enabling Wireless
Zero Configuration with no effect. I am using Windows XP Pro built-in
wireless configuration. Should I go back to the DLink one? What else am
I missing? Can I configure my wireless router to ping my laptop every
from time to time?

Ron Joiner

try setting all pc's to obtain ip automatically
set router to dhcp that will control all networks requests both wired &
wireless for ip's
get that working, then enable ics again & follow the prompts.

mike

"Ron Joiner" <> wrote in message
news:...
> The problem is that my Internet connection and any network capability is
> occasionally cut off when I restart my laptop computer. When my laptop
> starts the wirelesss connectoid tells me that I have a good/excellent
> signal but I have no network and no Internet. Sometimes even when I am
> accessing the network it seems I just lose the connection without
> warning. It requires disconnecting and reconnecting the power to start
> things up again.
>
> My wireless network is connected to a wired network. I have converted my
> wireless router to an access point and have assigned it a static IP
> address out of the range of the wired router 192.168.0.203. The wired
> router has been converted to a switch because I have dialup and have
> assigned my gateway computer with 192.168.0.1 so that I can use ICS. I
> have DHCP enabled on the wireless router though I am not sure it should
> be since I have a static IP address. I have a total of 3 computers on a
> wired network and 1 for my wireless network. I have a Netgear nic on the
> Laptop and both routers are DLInk.
>
> Again, it seems that I can just unplug the DLink router for a couple
> seconds and replug it and then the connection comes back. Are there any
> settings that I’m missing? I have tried disabling and enabling Wireless
> Zero Configuration with no effect. I am using Windows XP Pro built-in
> wireless configuration. Should I go back to the DLink one? What else am
> I missing? Can I configure my wireless router to ping my laptop every
> from time to time?

mikeFNB

also try disabling 4x function in any routers/AP's/wifi pci cards

"Ron Joiner" <> wrote in message
news:...
> The problem is that my Internet connection and any network capability is
> occasionally cut off when I restart my laptop computer. When my laptop
> starts the wirelesss connectoid tells me that I have a good/excellent
> signal but I have no network and no Internet. Sometimes even when I am
> accessing the network it seems I just lose the connection without warning.
> It requires disconnecting and reconnecting the power to start things up
> again.
>
> My wireless network is connected to a wired network. I have converted my
> wireless router to an access point and have assigned it a static IP
> address out of the range of the wired router 192.168.0.203. The wired
> router has been converted to a switch because I have dialup and have
> assigned my gateway computer with 192.168.0.1 so that I can use ICS. I
> have DHCP enabled on the wireless router though I am not sure it should be
> since I have a static IP address. I have a total of 3 computers on a wired
> network and 1 for my wireless network. I have a Netgear nic on the Laptop
> and both routers are DLInk.
>
> Again, it seems that I can just unplug the DLink router for a couple
> seconds and replug it and then the connection comes back. Are there any
> settings that I’m missing? I have tried disabling and enabling Wireless
> Zero Configuration with no effect. I am using Windows XP Pro built-in
> wireless configuration. Should I go back to the DLink one? What else am I
> missing? Can I configure my wireless router to ping my laptop every from
> time to time?

David Leslie

David Leslie wrote:
> also try disabling 4x function in any routers/AP's/wifi pci cards
>
> "Ron Joiner" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>>The problem is that my Internet connection and any network capability is
>>occasionally cut off when I restart my laptop computer. When my laptop
>>starts the wirelesss connectoid tells me that I have a good/excellent
>>signal but I have no network and no Internet. Sometimes even when I am
>>accessing the network it seems I just lose the connection without warning.
>>It requires disconnecting and reconnecting the power to start things up
>>again.
>>
>>My wireless network is connected to a wired network. I have converted my
>>wireless router to an access point and have assigned it a static IP
>>address out of the range of the wired router 192.168.0.203. The wired
>>router has been converted to a switch because I have dialup and have
>>assigned my gateway computer with 192.168.0.1 so that I can use ICS. I
>>have DHCP enabled on the wireless router though I am not sure it should be
>>since I have a static IP address. I have a total of 3 computers on a wired
>>network and 1 for my wireless network. I have a Netgear nic on the Laptop
>>and both routers are DLInk.
>>
>>Again, it seems that I can just unplug the DLink router for a couple
>>seconds and replug it and then the connection comes back. Are there any
>>settings that I’m missing? I have tried disabling and enabling Wireless
>>Zero Configuration with no effect. I am using Windows XP Pro built-in
>>wireless configuration. Should I go back to the DLink one? What else am I
>>missing? Can I configure my wireless router to ping my laptop every from
>>time to time?
>
>
>
Thanks. Will check that out.

Ron

Ron Joiner