Weird connection problem! Help

LabR@t · 7 Mar 2008 at 15:43

I have a 8mb dsl line and my main pc and laptop both connectvia wifi.

i can be on my main pc and randomly it will lose net access but still be connected to my router locally. when this happens i can still access the net via the laptop. Can somebody please explain what is going on.

I have to disconnect from my router and reconnect to get net acess back.
the signal strength is 100% on both laptop and main pc. Dsl has excellent stats.

adapter is Belkin F5D7000UK 54Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter

and i am on vista32

Gaz1988 · 7 Mar 2008 at 16:00

can you ping the outside (bbc or something) from the main pc when this happens?

LabR@t · 7 Mar 2008 at 17:52

not tried that but i tried to refresh my steam server list which fails and I guess thats the same.

tolien · 7 Mar 2008 at 18:02

Can the main PC ping the router while it can't access the internet?
How do you know it's connected to the router - can you access the web interface or something, or is Windows just saying that it's "connected".

LabR@t · 7 Mar 2008 at 18:21

windows taskbar icon says connected I will try to ping router next time, it just happend

so don't know how long till next time maybe another hour or so .

pinged www.bbc.co.uk = no response

LabR@t · 8 Mar 2008 at 09:07

i cant ping router either .

wifi apdater says not compatible with vista , although vista does work with it. could that be it if so recommend me an adapter please.

LabR@t · 8 Mar 2008 at 20:34

bump.

anyone shed any light on this? do i just purchase a new wifi adapter or router?

tolien · 8 Mar 2008 at 21:41

If the router works for another machine, then worst case it's another adapter you're after.

What IP does the adapter get while it's not working?

LabR@t · 9 Mar 2008 at 18:16

what adapter is recommended for vista then? as I don't want to purchase another unstable one.

Many thanks guys