Re: Dropping Wireless Connection.

I sometimes see up to 5 other networks. Some are fairly recent additions,
most are on channel 6.

Tonight I changed over to channel 3. Dimension with the LinkSys adapter
switched automatically to channel 3 and continued flawlessly. So did the
Gateway laptop that I had sitting beside me.

I tried Window Update again, and the Dimension lost the connection, and the
laptop had no problems.

Haven't figured out how to turn off auto-connect.

Sam


"Stephen Russell" <steveru621@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I had a similar problem. It may be you have a new network in your
neighborhood.

Try turning off the auto-connect feature for your wi-fi. It keeps hunting
for a new network that's why it drops.

"Saml" <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dimension 4600, with a LinkSys Wireless-G network adapter. Been running
nicely for at least 2 years, but recently it has been losing the network
connection after it runs for a while. The only solution is to reboot.

I've confirmed I have the latest LinkSys software (2004 I believe).

Last night it dropped 3 times after starting Microsoft Update, though not
always at the same place. Gave up and went to bed.

Tonight I tried Microsoft Update again about 15 minutes after turning the
machine on and the connection dropped almost immediately. I rebooted,
and the machine has been behaving for the last 90 minutes.

I run PC-Cillin as a virus checker, and regularly run Spybot and
Ad_Aware. I'm running PSK wirelesss security.

Any thoughts?





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