Does your notebook drop on a public Wi-Fi hotspot? If so, you've got a
problem with your notebook. If not, suggest you try a different
wireless router (e.g., Buffalo).

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:09:17 -0700, kimiraikkonen
<kimiraikkonen85@gmail.com> wrote in
<1181639357.416479.130080@x35g2000prf.googlegroups .com>:

>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 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.
>
>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)
>
>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...

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