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sjhoughton · 08-01-2008, 09:56

My connection at home to broadband works for maybe 10 or 15 minutes and then will drop for 30 seconds to a minute and come back on.

If anyone can give me any suggestions I would really appreciate it. Spent hours last night and still got problems. I looked at this approx 12 months ago and gave up in the end.

The reason its important to me is that I play a lot of online poker so a 30 second drop in connection can be costlyÃ‚Â£ - if it was just for browsing the internet I wouldnt be that bothered.

Here goes anyway:-

I have an Acer laptop with internal wireless card - I connect wirelessly at work no problem at all and it NEVER drops the connection. When I view available wireless connections it does only show the one in our office.

I'll just list out things ive tried and things that might be relevant :-

If I connect wired the connection NEVER drops.
I am now onto my third wireless router at home - new one bought yesterday is a netgear WGT624 (previous ones have been Belkin and prior to that Sweex) and the same thing has happened on them all.
Therefore I would think I can eliminate the router being the problem.

I am running windows XP home edition.
At home when I view available connections it shows 5 or 6 neighbours.
Ive set it up with security encryption.

When I try to update the netgear firmware from the router configuration page it says its up to date.

Ive changed channels, default was 11, ive tried various others including 1,2 and 6.

Signal strength always says excellent
Ive turned off Digital cordless phones and microwave just in case.

One thing I have just noticed is that the speed at work seems to stay consistant at 11.0 Mbps but at home were i have the problem the speed changes all the time. This might be something? I'd not notice until this a.m that it stays constant at work !

Ive tried turning off Firewall and made no difference.
Ive tried turning off Qos which is something I read somewhere to try.
Tried disabling power management on the wireless card.
Tried turning off wireless zero configuration.

Has anyone got any more suggestions please ??

It really would be appreciated .

thanks
sj

08-01-2008, 09:56	#1
sjhoughton Inactive Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19	Wireless Connection dropping - please help! My connection at home to broadband works for maybe 10 or 15 minutes and then will drop for 30 seconds to a minute and come back on. If anyone can give me any suggestions I would really appreciate it. Spent hours last night and still got problems. I looked at this approx 12 months ago and gave up in the end. The reason its important to me is that I play a lot of online poker so a 30 second drop in connection can be costlyÃ‚Â£ - if it was just for browsing the internet I wouldnt be that bothered. Here goes anyway:- I have an Acer laptop with internal wireless card - I connect wirelessly at work no problem at all and it NEVER drops the connection. When I view available wireless connections it does only show the one in our office. I'll just list out things ive tried and things that might be relevant :- If I connect wired the connection NEVER drops. I am now onto my third wireless router at home - new one bought yesterday is a netgear WGT624 (previous ones have been Belkin and prior to that Sweex) and the same thing has happened on them all. Therefore I would think I can eliminate the router being the problem. I am running windows XP home edition. At home when I view available connections it shows 5 or 6 neighbours. Ive set it up with security encryption. When I try to update the netgear firmware from the router configuration page it says its up to date. Ive changed channels, default was 11, ive tried various others including 1,2 and 6. Signal strength always says excellent Ive turned off Digital cordless phones and microwave just in case. One thing I have just noticed is that the speed at work seems to stay consistant at 11.0 Mbps but at home were i have the problem the speed changes all the time. This might be something? I'd not notice until this a.m that it stays constant at work ! Ive tried turning off Firewall and made no difference. Ive tried turning off Qos which is something I read somewhere to try. Tried disabling power management on the wireless card. Tried turning off wireless zero configuration. Has anyone got any more suggestions please ?? It really would be appreciated . thanks sj