Re: Lose wireless connection only when transferring large files

Thanks for your thoughts on this.

To start with I'll try bring the PCs close to the router to see if its
a signal issue to start with.

There are a few firmware updates from Sitecom so I think I best read
up on those and be confident to complete this just in case I make a
change that completely stops any connection to the router.

Would having any encryption on the wireless connection cause any
problem with the file transfer? I need to read up on WPA to ensure it
is all compatiable with all my hardware. I am sure it all is but I
best get onto the manufacturers first and read the manuals.



On 6 Mar, 15:48, Danny Kile <kileda...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
sdaja...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I've had a look through several wireless groups but some previous
topics only touched upon the issue I have without coming to a
solution.

I have set up a wireless network that includes 1 desktop, 1 laptop and
1 router that connect to the Internet via a cable modem. The desktop
and laptop have XP Pro SP2 with all the updates, can see each other on
the network and are both set up for file/print sharing.

The router is a Sitecom router and has ports for ethernet connections
and accepts wireless as well. On the router I have set the following:
- WEP 128bit encryption
- MAC filtering for both wireless network cards
- DHCP enabled
- Firewall enabled but I have put in no settings.

The Internet connection is fine from either the desktop or the laptop
and I can upload/download large files directly through the Internet
connection. I can also transfer small files (only a few meg) between
the laptop and desktop that are local on the network. The files I try
to copy are set as being shared.

The problem arises when I try to transfer larger files between the
laptop and desktop. I start the copy from the destination PC in
"Windows Explorer > Network Neighbourhood", find the other PC on the
same workgroup, find and select the files to copy and then paste them
locally back on the destination PC. The transfer goes ok to start with
and then after a minute or so I lose the wireless connection
completely on the destination PC and I get an error in Windows
Explorer saying that the folder location on the PC with the source
files cannot be found. I check my wireless connection (using the Intel
wireless pro s/w) and find that the PC is not connected to any
wireless connection at all. I then have to refresh the wireless
connection list and then reconnect. I sometimes cannot find my network
and have to reboot to get it back up and running again.

Are there any tools/techniques that I can use or go through that can
see why I keep losing the wireless connection only when transfferring
large files?

I am not sure with the Sitecom Router, however the Linksys router as a
problem just like this that a upgraded firmware fix. You may want to try
to upgrade your firmware for your router.

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