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Competing wireless networks and browser wars

 
 
frk
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      06-04-2005, 04:47 PM
Ok, not a techie or anything so please be kind.

I've got a 4 port BEFW11S4 LinkSys wireless router and LinkSys
Wireless-B PCI Adapter. The router is hooked up to the D-Link DSL
modem.

The setup works well unsecured, never loose connection. The rub is if
I enable WEP, disable broadcasting of the SSID and set a network key on
both the adapter and router I can surf for 30 minutes, but eventually I
loose connectivity. The loss is usually marked by a browser event in
the XP event log.

The browser has forced an election on network
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8F9D3BB2-8EB8-4F51-8CF5-0FDC5DBA153C} because a
master browser was stopped.

When the network goes offline, the adapter re-discovers my network as
well as another one with a very weak signal. It is a secured network
as per discovery. If I do a "repair" on the wireless network, it seems
to pick up my network and the other network disappears. Eventually Mr
X's network reappears when I loose connectivity.

I have toggled channels on the router, but that doesn't seem to work
either.

Anyone every come across a scenario like this?

 
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