On 6 Aug 2005 03:20:10 -0700, euanb@trurocollege.ac.uk wrote:

>i have found that the connection is far more stable ditching the belkin
>card software and relying on windows to manage the connection....

frequent dropouts do seem to be fairly standard with XP wireless, I
wonder if there is a DHCP lease time or timeout setting or perhaps
power management on the PC that influences it.

I have my Belkin DHCP lease time set to "forever" on the router.

Phil
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