Windows XP and wireless networks

[almost-pro]

Anyone here running Windows XP Home on a wireless network? I have tried 2 different routers and 2 different wireless cards and no matter what I lose my connection about every 15-30 minutes. It will go offline for about 3 minutes and then come back. I read some knowledge bases and found out that it's probably a bug in Windows XP Home. Something about the wireless zero configuration utility. Unfortunately there is not a patch out for this and won't be until XP SP2. Anyone have any luck getting around this?

 

[WODIN]

I've been running a linky-sys system for 2 years on xphome and I've only had a few intermittent outages which I traced to a cordless phone my wife had purchased. 2.4 ghz model. Took it back got a 900mhz one and the system is doing fine.

 

[beastboy]

I've been running a linky-sys system for 2 years on xphome and I've only had a few intermittent outages which I traced to a cordless phone my wife had purchased. 2.4 ghz model. Took it back got a 900mhz one and the system is doing fine.

Aren't we just Bill Nye, The Science Guy.

 

[WODIN]

Aren't we just Bill Nye, The Science Guy.

The reason being my network operates @ 2.4ghz. Yeah. Rock on assmangler.

 

[TheProject]

The reason being my network operates @ 2.4ghz. Yeah. Rock on assmangler.

He's just bitter because of his whole "my computer won't work" fiasco a while back.

 

[Dial_tone]

xp sp2 has improved wlan support. how far away from the access point are you?

 

[GoldenDelicious]

ive been wireless for a couple of years, first through peer to peer and a laptop serving into a phone line and now with a wireless router modem, and generally its perfect, although it does flake in and out occasionally (for a second or 2) if i have another computer running another access point.

im sure even that would be resolved if i could be bothered actually setting up the network rather than let winXP configure it automatically..

 

[Code]

Check to see if you have the default firewall on?

 

[Ffactor]

I've been running a linky-sys system for 2 years on xphome and I've only had a few intermittent outages which I traced to a cordless phone my wife had purchased. 2.4 ghz model. Took it back got a 900mhz one and the system is doing fine.

Shit, I hust bought a 2.4 GHz Toshiba router and I have hight tech 2.4 gHZ wireless phones in my condo.

 

[SoreArms]

I have a wireless network at home. I use a Microsoft router/distribution point and a linksys card on my laptop with no problems. My roomate just bought a laptop with built in wireless and he has the problems you describe, I keep telling him to just buy a linksys card like mine and all should be fine, but chooses to log back in every 10 mins. or so.

 

[WODIN]

Shit, I hust bought a 2.4 GHz Toshiba router and I have hight tech 2.4 gHZ wireless phones in my condo.

HA HA!

 

[Dial_tone]

We have 3 Netgear WAPs at work and problems are pretty rare. A reboot always solves it. I have had some major issues at home with a Linksys wrt54g

 

[Fina Junkie]

d-link is what we use.

Never really had any problems. On occasion it will go offline, but all you have to do is unplug the router for a few sec. to reset and you're up and running again.

 

[velvett]

I have a linksys route and cards and mine has recently started to time out and come back on every 10 -20 minutes or so - it's MOST irritating - but this is on ME.

 

[almost-pro]

after reading alot of knowledge bases i figured out what the problem was and now the wireless works great. they are suppose to fix this issue with xp sp2. i had to disable the wireless zero configuration utility and restart windows. this took my network down completely of course. i then installed the wireless configuration utility that came with my laptop and set the network up manually instead of letting xp do it automatically. everything is working great now, but my speed drops down between 11-20 mpbs when i am out on the porch. i can deal with this however.

 

[WODIN]

We have 3 Netgear WAPs at work and problems are pretty rare. A reboot always solves it. I have had some major issues at home with a Linksys wrt54g

I've never had any problems with it. I just installed there upgrade on the router that might help ya out.

 

[Ffactor]

I jus hooked up my Toshiba and it's not communicating with my DSL modem. Fuck!!

 

[Dial_tone]

I've never had any problems with it. I just installed there upgrade on the router that might help ya out.

I think it's defective actually.

 

[jerkbox]

Dlink didn't work worth a shit for me


so, i got the microsoft one, at first it always tried to sign on someone elses network every 10 mintues for a while, but, it eventually stopped....works fine now