Wireless network connection keeps dropping

Conrad11 · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:28

Hi there,

I have this NETGEAR wireless network router: Click Here

I have the problem that all the network adapters loose a connection with the router after around 30 mins of use.

This is really annoying and I don't know why it happens.

The network adapter I am using on this computer at the moment is: WG111T

This is around 10 meters at the very maximum (probably around 7 meters) from the router and it still gets disconnected from the router quite a lot.

Why does this happen, and how can i prevent it?

Thanks...

Burbleflop · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:33

It happens because the GT is a piece of junk - I binned several of them at work not too long ago because the wireless side of things was totally hopeless.

Have you tried firmware/driver updates and moving closer to the router? Can you borrow another card from someone to establish if it is the router or the card that is screwing about?

Conrad11 · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:34

Its the router as I have around 4 different cards in the different machines and they all get disconnected a lot.

Although I do i have a wireless laptop and that never seems to get disconnected and thats often further away.

Burbleflop · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:36

Is the laptop using one of those '108Mbit' wireless cards? You could try dropping the speed down in the router web management to 802.11G speeds to see if that helps.

Conrad11 · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:38

No the network adpater I am using at the moment is the Super G 108Mbps

The one on the laptop is 54Mbps.

So I will try upgrading the firmware and changing the settings later.

Conrad11 · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:52

Could it be to do with the fact that I am not using the Netgear software on the client pc, I am using the windows wireless utility?

SideNote: Thanks for the title edit Mod.

Burbleflop · 2 Jul 2006 at 16:56

It shouldn't make much difference and if anything I find the Windows Zero Config tool to be more reliable. Gotta be worth trying the Netcrud software out though.