belkin router
 

hi all ive been having prolems for a while now with my router dropping connection.
i have a laptop running vista wirelessly
an a desktop running xp wirelessly

both keep dropping connection or local access only i have reset the router updated firmware tried different settings but to no avail.
i have tried searching google for answers but cannot come up with anything

a lot of others seem to be having this problem but i cannot find an answer does anyone have any advice for me please

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which model have you got should say something like f5d

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sorry for the late reply connection playing up
f5d7234-4 v3

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have you tried changing the channels on the router yet???

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ive changed the channels, tried different types of security, reset, restored, updated,tried firefox, i just carnt understand it.
its seems to be ok this morning, but no doubt it will soon start messing me about taking ages to open pages or dropping connection.
im thinking its a compatability issue with vista as it seem to happen moslty to my laptop an not the desktop running xp.
while searching google lots of people seem to be having the sme problems but noone has an answer to it.

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okay what laptop have you got or if you know which wireless card is in it??? (go to control panel and then to Device Manager). I've got a laptop with Win7 on it and no probs with the wireless on it.

So from reading this the pc is okay most of the time? Also when the laptop loses internet connection do you get a 169.254.*.* address or still the 192.168.2.*? To find the ip address go to Start --> Run --> type in "cmd" and on the blackscreen type in "ipconfig"

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fujistsu amilo laptop with an atheros ar5007eg built in card, i had a sitecom router which worked fine until it died so i dont think it would be anything to do with them, i can always see the connection in networks, it just drops or is extremly slow.

on he cmd bit it says media disconnected, so i reconnected an then it comes up with the 192.168.2.*

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okay when the laptop loses its network does the pc still have net access

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the desktop pc seems to be ok its just the laptop struggling ??

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okay have a look for new drivers for the wireless card on the laptop, you might find them on the fujitsu website or this is the link for Atheros http://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wirele...et=22&system=4

See if that fixes the issue for you

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will do thanks for your help, im due to move in the next couple of week so if it doesnt work il try blag a virgin router when they reinstall at my new house.
thanks again.
il post back my results anyway

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well upated the drivers and still the same dropping connection grrrrr

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okay hmm strange 1 and the pc is still okay or not and whats the distance between the router and laptop

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the signal show excellent or very good so dont think its a distance issue

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These Belkin drop out issues, is it only affecting the wireless or the wired connections too.
I can get a new N1 Vision for about £40 which will be mainly wired so will the issues affect me?

Thanks.