Wireless Connection dropping every 15 minutes

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Explained here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1568517,00.asp

Carey

"Duncs" <Duncs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a home wireless network and I am running a desktop and a laptop on
>it.
> Everything was great when I first set it up in August however recently it
> has been dropping the connection every 15 mins. Although the signal still
> shows at 100% on both laptop and desktop I am unable to access the
> internet
> or wireless lan. I am using a British Telecom (BT) Voyager 2000 ADSL
> wireless route, a BT Voyager 1010 USB Adapter on the desktop and a Ralink
> RT2500 Wireless LAN Card on the laptop. I have tried re-installing
> drivers,
> resetting and rebooting pc, laptop and router. I have changed WEP
> security
> settings, passcodes and SSID settings. As this is happening on both my PC
> and laptop I suspect it is either a problem with a MS Update or my
> security
> settings - Does anyone have any solution to this problem.
> --
> Duncs

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Good question!

I'd love to see an official answer from Microsoft...

"Duncs" <Duncs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4FE57418-D25D-4341-B49A-12D1419B5E4A@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for the help Carey - it works well. Does seem a long winded way
> of
> doing it though - Is this a problem MS are going to resolve does anyone
> know.
> Or is there a software fix for it.
>
> "Carey Holzman" wrote:
>
>> Explained here:
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1568517,00.asp
>>
>> Carey
>>
>> "Duncs" <Duncs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news1C2F634-C671-462E-9B01-AACEC0E915A0@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a home wireless network and I am running a desktop and a laptop
>> >on
>> >it.
>> > Everything was great when I first set it up in August however recently
>> > it
>> > has been dropping the connection every 15 mins. Although the signal
>> > still
>> > shows at 100% on both laptop and desktop I am unable to access the
>> > internet
>> > or wireless lan. I am using a British Telecom (BT) Voyager 2000 ADSL
>> > wireless route, a BT Voyager 1010 USB Adapter on the desktop and a
>> > Ralink
>> > RT2500 Wireless LAN Card on the laptop. I have tried re-installing
>> > drivers,
>> > resetting and rebooting pc, laptop and router. I have changed WEP
>> > security
>> > settings, passcodes and SSID settings. As this is happening on both my
>> > PC
>> > and laptop I suspect it is either a problem with a MS Update or my
>> > security
>> > settings - Does anyone have any solution to this problem.
>> > --
>> > Duncs
>>
>>
>>

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Thank you for that - I have wireless phones too and this problem did start
just after I got them!

"kurtnjenn" wrote:

> i had a problem similar to yours. i have a pc upstairs, downstairs and a
> laptop, all are wireless. modem and router are upstairs. after installing
> sp-2 on all computers my wireless network seemed to go on the fritz. bought
> new modem, router and wirelss card for laptop. still had problems. then a
> friend asked if i had cordless phones and you know what i do. I had one
> before, but bought 2 line cordless for my office upstairs and extra handsets
> for first floor. had problems after buying the 2nd set of phones. they
> transmit on same freq. as the wireless does. it interferes with connections
> and i get dropped. I moved router closer to laptop and now rarely get
> dropped. hope this helps.
>
> "Carey Holzman" wrote:
>
> > Good question!
> >
> > I'd love to see an official answer from Microsoft...
> >
> > "Duncs" <Duncs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4FE57418-D25D-4341-B49A-12D1419B5E4A@microsoft.com...
> > > Thank you for the help Carey - it works well. Does seem a long winded way
> > > of
> > > doing it though - Is this a problem MS are going to resolve does anyone
> > > know.
> > > Or is there a software fix for it.
> > >
> > > "Carey Holzman" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Explained here:
> > >> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1568517,00.asp
> > >>
> > >> Carey
> > >>
> > >> "Duncs" <Duncs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news1C2F634-C671-462E-9B01-AACEC0E915A0@microsoft.com...
> > >> >I have a home wireless network and I am running a desktop and a laptop
> > >> >on
> > >> >it.
> > >> > Everything was great when I first set it up in August however recently
> > >> > it
> > >> > has been dropping the connection every 15 mins. Although the signal
> > >> > still
> > >> > shows at 100% on both laptop and desktop I am unable to access the
> > >> > internet
> > >> > or wireless lan. I am using a British Telecom (BT) Voyager 2000 ADSL
> > >> > wireless route, a BT Voyager 1010 USB Adapter on the desktop and a
> > >> > Ralink
> > >> > RT2500 Wireless LAN Card on the laptop. I have tried re-installing
> > >> > drivers,
> > >> > resetting and rebooting pc, laptop and router. I have changed WEP
> > >> > security
> > >> > settings, passcodes and SSID settings. As this is happening on both my
> > >> > PC
> > >> > and laptop I suspect it is either a problem with a MS Update or my
> > >> > security
> > >> > settings - Does anyone have any solution to this problem.
> > >> > --
> > >> > Duncs
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >