Intermittent Signal

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David Hampson <dhampson@pullman.com> wrote in
news:BCB008BC.14B55%dhampson@pullman.com:

> So, we purchased a D-Link wireless router w/ NAT, because we are
> going
> to share our DSL with a neighbor. She bought a Belkin 802.11g PCI
> card for her XP box. It saw our network, we ironed out the security,
> and she was able to use the network.
>
> For a while anyway. The connection is very intermittent. The
> signal
> strength is always either good or excellent, it's just that she can't
> browse. Pinging the DNS is about 30 mSec when good, and 600 mSec (50%
> loss) when bad.
>
> We were on a cell phone when the signal was good, and it went bad
> when
> the cell phone hung up. No microwaves or cordless phones were in use
> close by. Nothing along these lines at all.
>
> So, I thought I'd send this problem out for public comment. Any
> thoughts as to why her connection is so sporadic? Thanks.
>
> -Dave
>
>

You may want to disable the Wireless Zero Configuration Service on the XP
O/S, which can cause problems.

You may want to download the driver for the card and install and
configure it using the Device Manager. That kind of makes things stable.

You may not want to use the card's utility to do anything not even show
the cards signal strength, which can be enable on the NIC's Property
screen *show icon when connected* and it will show the connection icon in
the job tray with signal strength when the icon is mouse-ed over.

Duane