constant connection drops

[shat_kat]

Hi, i've recently started using windows 7 and since the upgrade, my connection is amazingly unstable.

Basically, if im playing a game online, such as left 4 dead or battlefield, when it really starts to kick off (such as a horde rush in l4d) my connection starts to jump around, eventually it will just cut out all together.
Similar when downloading off steam.
Once it cuts out, i have to restart to get a kind of stable connection again.

There are 2 computers in the house, one is directly plugged into the router (line - modem - router - pc) and im on the one that uses the wireless connection from the router.

I've tried a direct connection downstairs to rule out line issues, tried it through the router downstairs to rule that out (also used a laptop with a wireless connection and vista to verify it wasnt the router).

The card im using is a recently purchased D-link DWL-G510, it happened on my old card aswell, which was another D-link but from 2004 so i figured the card was dying.

The router is a DI-614+ its a few years old but still reliable.

I've tried the official d-link drivers and the Ralink ones but i have the same thing occuring.

Any help would be great.

 

[IAmATeaf]

If it's just a problem with connecting wirelessly then try changing the wireless channel in the router. I've had a problem with my wireless recently and it's cause most houses now have wireless routers, in my area there are some 12+ that I pick up. I used some wireless monitoring software to work out which channel had the least routers and then used that channel and touch wood the problem has gone away.

 

[shat_kat]

Cheers, i'll have a try of that

 

[shat_kat]

Cheers IAmATeaf, it's worked!