Wireless dops internet only

hi everyone, i have a puzzling problem that i or my friend can seem to figure out. every 6 or 8 hours, i lose connection to the internet but only most of the time, just the internet. i operate and control the computer in question using VNC. i can remain connected through VNC but we lose the internet, yahoo and msn connection. the router was set on channel 11 and the pci card was set at 6 so we made them both 6 and all security settings are in tact. can someone explain or suggest why we are losing connection periodically like this? it almost acts like it is timing out. the only way to reconnect to the internet is to restart the computer. thank you for any help.

windows xp professional sp2


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thanks again.

eric

I have had problems similar to this caused by a bung wireless router, updating the firmware fixed it.

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Jeremy

Marlborough WiFi Project

thank you for getting back to me. linksys said the firmware was up to date but i'm not certain it is so i'm going to persue that avenue again. thanks again.

eric

Out of curiosity what type of PCI card are you using?

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Jeremy

Marlborough WiFi Project

sorry, i had to look through my notes...in that particular system we are using the dwlg510 dlink pci card.

AFAIK this card uses an Atheros chipset, try using reference drivers for it available from http://www.funchords.com/Atheros_4.1.2.71.zip

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Jeremy

Marlborough WiFi Project

thank you, i will try that and let you know.

eric

just to update, i installed the drivers last and so far it's still connected and reading the internet. it's usually in the afternoon that the internet connection drops so we will see. i'll send another update and/or close this post early this evening. thanks for your help everyone.

eric

well the wireless has been up and running since last evening with no loss of internet. i think the drivers fixed the problem. thanks everyone for your help. this thread can be closed now.

thanks again.

eric