Belkin Wireless-N USB Adapter cuts out intermittently

Hi everyone, I really could use some help here, I've done everything that I can think of short of taking this thing back to where I got it from.

I've recently been having troubles with the adapter maintaining its connection to the Belkin Wireless-N ISR that is functioning as an access point on my network.

I have multiple other wireless devices, including a new iMac, an older PC with a Netgear Wireless-G PCI adapter, and an HP multifunction unit that are able to maintain a steady connection to the ISR 24/7.

However, my Belkin Wireless-N adapter on my main PC running Windows XP Pro has started cutting out very often, and not being able to maintain a connection for more than a few minutes at times. When it cuts out, the activity light goes out, and it just seems to be "sleeping". If I try to disable it and enable it in the Network Connections control panel, it will give an error of "Connection failed!" when I try to enable it, and then I get a popup from the toolbar stating that the "USB Device is not recognized".

When I unplug the device from the USB port and plug it back in, the connection resumes, but not for good, and its bound to cut out soon again.

I've reinstalled the driver multiple times, I've tried using both XP and the utility included with the adapter to control it, and searched the internet high and low for some answers, but have not been able to come across any.

The connection strength is good.

How often it disconnects is pretty random, but its has a very hard time staying connected for more than a few minutes, sometimes staying connected for just a few seconds.

To rule out everything I can, I've set it up with a static IP address and disabled all other network adapters on my machine.

In a command prompt I've been pinging google.com for quite a while, and I can see when it disconnects - its just random, and pissing me off...

I would greatly appreciate some help, as I'm all out of ideas. Thanks in advance.

Dennis

I'm having the same intermittent problem with my Belkin F5D7050 adapter. It's driving me mad as it only stays on for a few seconds, then quits on me. The PC (running XP pro) sets it up again, but after doing this 2 or 3 times, seems to give up and I have to reboot, or log off and then on again. I have reloaded the driver from the disc, and tried not loading the monitor software - I did that and it conflicts with the WZC facility in windows. I tried turning that off and running the total Belkin software, but it's just the same.

A computer geek I know reckons it's a faulty adapter - but he hates anything Belkin and it used to work fine. My connection to the router is 'very good' whilst it lasts, the router is also a Belkin. The connection has got progressively worse over the last few days, I have to admit. I bet by the time I come to send this, it'll have quit on me again - yep! there we go...

Someone please help or I may have to go back to writing letters in the library. See you the other side of a reboot...
Roo

OK dieselfuelonly has a belkin N adapter and berners17 has belkin G adapter , two different devices here

can you both plug the adapter straight into the back of one of your pc's USB ports and test.
dont use a hub or the belkin usb extension cable

now how I know these things remains a mystery

Well, lets narrow it back down then. I have the Belkin N adapter as well, I have plugged it directly into my laptop and I've used the docking station for it.

My network is configured so that the adapter is assigned a static IP address and I have even tried tuning my N router down to 54mbps so that it isn't trying to manage different data rates for all the devices connected to it (even though I'm fairly sure it turns everything down to the lowest anyways, but who knows). I have 2g devices and 2n devices if it matters, none of the other devices have ever experienced connectivity issues at all.

I am experiencing nearly the exact same problem as the original poster, 5min or less of connectivity and then I am forced to unplug and replug my USB card.

I have also used Windows and the Belkin network management software and I'm experiencing the same issue with both.

I am running Windows XP SP2 as well.

I have a Vista x32 desktop system with the Belkin N wireless adapter. I'm using a Linksys WRT310N Wireless-N Gigabit Router. I'm getting excellent signal; however, the adapter just cuts out randomly. If I unplug it then plug it back in, it works just fine; however, it randomly cuts out from anywhere from a minute or to 15 minutes before I have to do the process over again.

Is it just me or does the adapter seem hot when it cuts out? I know that overheating doesn't always mean necessarily that something will make it have problems; but it's just something I wanted to throw out there.