Hi Bob!

Maybe you misunderstood me - the problem with the router I described is
just another problem with Netgear that I had - the router was probably
dropping the connection. It is in no way connected to the WG511v2
problem.

Regarding our WG511v2 problem I will explain again what happens on my
PC:

1. My config: I have the WG511v2 software installed with the Netgear
utility. I use WPA-PSK. Even when I tell Windows to manage my Wireless
the Netgear utility was still there for some reason...

2. Now to the problem: After some time my internet connection stops
working. I have the impression that at this point the green netgear
icon turns yellow (means losing the signal I suppose). And from then
on I cannot access the Internet or my LAN any more, although the
windows wireless icon in the taskbar shows an active wireless
connection and the netgear icon is green again. So I have to select
another profile in the netgear utility and then again my normal profile
and the connection works again for some time. I think this has
something to do with signal strength, maybe the driver does not
reauthenticate correctly when it loses the signal for a second or so...

3. How I solved the problem for me: I completely uninstalled the
netgear software to remove the netgear utility and the driver. Then I
installed only the WG511v2 driver which I found on the WG511v2 CD
(driver version 3.1.0.19). You can't get this stand alone driver from
their website. WinXP is now managing my wireless with WPA-PSK and TKIP.
This works and I don't lose the connection any more. Ok, after some
hours of work sometimes a message appears that a wireless connection
has been established but this happens automatically and does not cause
any problems.

My suggestions to you:
1. Have you tried to use an older driver and let WInXP manage your
connection? If you don't need WPA-PSK with AES this should be ok.

2. If you want to use the Netgear utility you shoud disable the
Wireless Zero Configuration under system services. Netgear support told
me that this is important so it does not interfere with the Netgear
utility.

My personal opinion is that WinXP wireless zero + Netgear utility can't
work together if they are both installed.

Let me know if this helps...

Regards,
Anguel