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tvout · 13-12-2008, 19:38

Hi all,

This has happened quite a few times now and usually only affects my laptop...

I have a WRT54G V2.0 with DD-WRT V24 firmware (updated recently and think it might possibly have been a problem since I updated the firmware from V23...

My laptop has XP SP3 and I considered security in SP3 might be causing the drop.

The router doesn't have any security, only mac filtering.

When the connection drops I can't find any way other than rebooting to restore it. I'm thinking it's a service that has somehow failed but have tried restarting loads or different ones to fix it and nothing seems to work...

Does anyone know of any kind of tool or utility to repair a connection better than the windows connection repair feature.

When I check it shows the router available but won't connect to it...

13-12-2008, 19:38	#1
tvout Inactive Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West Midlands Services: VM L Broadband (10MB) XL TV V+ HD Box Off peak caller phone HTC Wildfire on T-Mobile UK Freeview Posts: 600	connection drops - fixed by reboot Wrt54g Hi all, This has happened quite a few times now and usually only affects my laptop... I have a WRT54G V2.0 with DD-WRT V24 firmware (updated recently and think it might possibly have been a problem since I updated the firmware from V23... My laptop has XP SP3 and I considered security in SP3 might be causing the drop. The router doesn't have any security, only mac filtering. When the connection drops I can't find any way other than rebooting to restore it. I'm thinking it's a service that has somehow failed but have tried restarting loads or different ones to fix it and nothing seems to work... Does anyone know of any kind of tool or utility to repair a connection better than the windows connection repair feature. When I check it shows the router available but won't connect to it...