Wireless losing connection

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Hi,

i'm curretnly running XP SP2 with a D-Link USB wireless card and D-Link
wireless router. What is happening is I can happily use the cable interent
over the wireless for a random amount of time and then i'll suddenly lose
internet access. If i try to repair the network connection it says it can't
renew the IP address. I thought it may have just been a SP2 issue so i
re-installed SP1a and still no luck!

Please help, it's driving me insane!!!

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Generally, the reason it cannot renew the connection is
that enough time for release of the IP address has not been
established. So, essentially you are trying to connect
using an IP that the system thinks is already in use.

That said, there are a couple of things that will cause
your connection to drop. If you have anything interfering
with the wireless channel you are using, such as a wireless
2.4 phone, microwave oven - anything in the 2,400 range,
this may cause your connection to drop. Most phones now
auto-channel and you cannot select a new channel. If you
are on channel one with your wireless and your phone
happens to hit channel one AND you get close enough to your
wirelss router or adapter, you will likely lose the
connection. If you are sitting at the kitchen table with
your wireless laptop and the wife turns the microwave on,
you will also likely lose your wireless connection. Oddly
enough and for whatever reason, when I am wireless in the
garage, I often lose my connection when the AC handler
shuts off - go figure.

Anyway, the gleam of the 2.4 gig phones is over for me. I
now use a 900 megahertz, spread spectrum phone with good
clarity and range and it never interferes with my wireless
network.

Most phones will land on the same channel when they are
engaged. So, try changing your wireless net to a different
channel until you find one that is less interfered with.

Lastly, check the renew or lease time of your wireless
adapters and see where they're set at. If they're set at
like 24 hours, try setting them for a week or even a month
as I do. Also, you may wish to simply set your wireless
adapters to a static IP to eliminate this possible cause. I
did this on my primary machine to assure there would never
be an IP issue, as I use this particular machine for remote
access.

Vince



>-----Original Message-----
>I also forgot to include this is using WEP, and does it
with both Windows
>Zero disabled or enabled (as someone suggested that may be
a problem). With
>Windows Zero disabled, the Dlink software says it's still
connected to the
>network but Windows says it can't connect if you disable
it....
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