Re: More Wireless Router Connection Problems!!

Jeff, thanks for all the great information. OK, I'll try to break
things down for you:
Windows xp pro SP2- disconnects every 20-30 minutes. Right now don't
have a cat5 cable long enough to reach the desktop, but signal is
always shown minimum good and most of the time excellent.

Apple G4 Powerbook OSX panther disconnects maybe once or twice in a
full day of use, but not nearly as much as the xp desktop. The reason I
connected this directly to Zyxel via cat5 was to make sure it wasn't
the dsl dropping. I used skype for about 2 hours with no problems this
way, so seems to be a wireless issue, not dsl.

Toshiba laptop uses windows xp home SP2. Not sure of the model, cause
it's out on a trip right now! It also displays the same problems as the
desktop i.e. dropping connection every 20-30 minutes or so. Also
connected this machine directly to router via cat5 and had no
connection problems.

All computers have g capability, so I turned off the b feature so it
wouldn't possibly pick up another wireless b device that might slow
whole network down. I don't know if that can happen if the device isn't
"connected" to the network, or if just by picking up the signal, it can
slow the network down.

Yes, this is a European model (I'm here right now) but correct country
is connected.

I completely disabled WZC so that might improve things.....I'll let you
know.

It seems that the connection will come back after about 5 minutes or
so, but it comes back almost immediately if I "repair" the connection
via windows.

The router is set with wireless port control auth required, reauth
timer 1800 sec, idle timout 3600 sec, key mgmt protocol wpa-psk,wpa
mixed mode NOT ckecked, group data privacy tkip, wpa group key update
timer 1800 secs. So anything there you see is not correct??

Thanks again......dan

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