kimiraikkonen wrote:
> Hello,
> I have XP Home SP2 bundled with my notebook and my notebook has
> Broadcom BCM4318 wi-fi adapter on it.
> And i have US Robotics Wireless router. I'm having frequent wireless
> drops which are not notified with in "taskbar" or in "event log".
>
> For example, when wireless connection drops between router and
> adapter, the wi-fi taskbar icon is still seemed as "connected" and
> connection time counter contiunes to count seconds as well. Also i'm
> using Broadcom's 3rd party wireless software with same drop-
> notification-free symptom.

I have had this on several occasions and the connection hasn't dropped
it's just that data couldn't be transferred, router was still showing as
being logged on.
Most common problem was interference from other networks, on one
occasion a neighbour was using "Turbo" mode on a router and swamped
several channels.,
>
> I tried plenty of workarounds to get rid of wi-fi drop with no
> success; At first times i was thinking the wireless drops were because
> of bad notebook or router positioning, then i brought notebook and
> router into the same room with resulted same drop problem. Also i
> tried all channels 1,6,11 with no help.

When you say "all channels" do you mean all channels or just 1,6 and 11?
Have you checked to see which channels are used by the networks in your
location?
1,6 and 11 are always the ones that are recommended so everyone just
seems to use these and forget about the others and it is sometimes
worthwhile trying 4 and 9.
>
> I tried these resulted with no help:
>
> 1-Moved router and notebook into the "same" room (signal strength
> reported "perfect", signal level goes around -50 to -65dbi)

Does it actually fluctuate by 15bB?

>
> 2-Disabled WZC(Wireless Zero Configuration), used Broadcom's native Wi-
> fi utility.
>
> 3-Uninstalled-Reinstalled drivers of Wi-fi
>
> 4-Removed "my" cordless phone to have a test, but i cannot intervene
> to my neighbour's wireless networks or devices(phones, ovens) as it's
> their freedom of living.
>
> ***The only soultion to get rid of this frequent drop problem is to
> click XP's "repair" connection button, or disabling - re-enabling
> wireless connection brings wi-fi to life.
>
> Any useful help will be aprreciated so much as last chance.
>
> Regards...
>