Hi all 
Right, so I'm in a holiday resort with free wifi access. The place is fairly large, so there's the base station (router) and two wireless repeaters. All have the same SSID.
The problem is, the connection seems to wander between the two APs that appear in the Netgear software list, even though both of them are always in range. When it switches, the connection dies. It is still connected (4 out of 5 bars signal), but no throughput (ie. "Problem loading page" error in Firefox). I have to go through the process of repairing the connection before it works again.
I'm using the Netgear wireless assistant software with a USB 2.0 WG111 Wifi dongle. Laptop is fairly old but running XP Pro.
If anyone can suggest any way of locking the connection to one access point, it would be much appreciated!
TIA, Jon

Right, so I'm in a holiday resort with free wifi access. The place is fairly large, so there's the base station (router) and two wireless repeaters. All have the same SSID.
The problem is, the connection seems to wander between the two APs that appear in the Netgear software list, even though both of them are always in range. When it switches, the connection dies. It is still connected (4 out of 5 bars signal), but no throughput (ie. "Problem loading page" error in Firefox). I have to go through the process of repairing the connection before it works again.
I'm using the Netgear wireless assistant software with a USB 2.0 WG111 Wifi dongle. Laptop is fairly old but running XP Pro.
If anyone can suggest any way of locking the connection to one access point, it would be much appreciated!
TIA, Jon