700-series Wireless Router Randomly Losing Connection:

I bought my 700 not too long ago and I have all my
computers (as well as my PS2 and XBox) connected to it via
wires. My question is before I got this router I had a
LinkSys that would allow me to keep my computer running
with things like Trillian, EverQuest, etc. etc. running
and then when I get home from work or whatever, it will
STILL be running when I get home as well as any new
connections to the internet that I make (such as bringing
up Yahoo on IE or whatnot).

Well, I connected my 700... and I think I have installed
the new firmware (I think, I don't know if I have this
latest one as I am at work and not at home). Anyways,
same scenario... I have EQ running, Trillian, Outlook,
etc. etc. So I get home and while THOSE are still
running... I try to bring up Yahoo or anything else NEW
and it WON'T work. EQ will also crash on me when I try to
zone, as that's when it attempts to restablish a new
connection to the Sony servers to load the new zone.

It's like all ongoing connections to the internet are
still going on when I get home, but I try to do anything
new... it won't work (IE will get DNS errors, etc. etc.).

The only way I can reset this is by either rebooting the
computer or logging out from the current user and
relogging in. Resetting the base station will NOT work.

What would be the cause of this? Any help would be
appreciated. I'm actually thinking of reformatting my HD
soon and reinstalling Windows (as I'm getting a new
graphics card and DVD drive, as well as with SP2 coming)
and I'm thinking that Windows might be thinking that my
old LinkSys is still connected or thinks that it's there
and that's why it's causing this problem... but I don't
know.

Anyways, any assistance will be appreciated.

I completely forgot to mention that I am using Windows XP
Professional and I have it connected to my Intel
mainboard's built-in ethernet connection.

Like I said, I could keep my computer up and running for
days on end with my old LinkSys and not have to worry
about my net conncetion... but with the 700 so far I am
lucky if I even go a day.


>-----Original Message-----
>I bought my 700 not too long ago and I have all my
>computers (as well as my PS2 and XBox) connected to it
via
>wires. My question is before I got this router I had a
>LinkSys that would allow me to keep my computer running
>with things like Trillian, EverQuest, etc. etc. running
>and then when I get home from work or whatever, it will
>STILL be running when I get home as well as any new
>connections to the internet that I make (such as bringing
>up Yahoo on IE or whatnot).
>
>Well, I connected my 700... and I think I have installed
>the new firmware (I think, I don't know if I have this
>latest one as I am at work and not at home). Anyways,
>same scenario... I have EQ running, Trillian, Outlook,
>etc. etc. So I get home and while THOSE are still
>running... I try to bring up Yahoo or anything else NEW
>and it WON'T work. EQ will also crash on me when I try
to
>zone, as that's when it attempts to restablish a new
>connection to the Sony servers to load the new zone.
>
>It's like all ongoing connections to the internet are
>still going on when I get home, but I try to do anything
>new... it won't work (IE will get DNS errors, etc. etc.).
>
>The only way I can reset this is by either rebooting the
>computer or logging out from the current user and
>relogging in. Resetting the base station will NOT work.
>
>What would be the cause of this? Any help would be
>appreciated. I'm actually thinking of reformatting my HD
>soon and reinstalling Windows (as I'm getting a new
>graphics card and DVD drive, as well as with SP2 coming)
>and I'm thinking that Windows might be thinking that my
>old LinkSys is still connected or thinks that it's there
>and that's why it's causing this problem... but I don't
>know.
>
>Anyways, any assistance will be appreciated.