D-link USB Wireless adaptor DWL-G122 often disconnects

I'm using a D-link USB Wireless adaptor DWL-G122 to go
online. It works with D-LINK Air-Plus G router DI-524.

The USB wireless adaptor works perfectly on my laptop, which
has Windows XP (SP2) and a USB version 1 plug. When I use
it on my Windows XP (SP3) desktop which has USB version 2
plug. It disconnects two or three times a day for no
reason. The off time lasts a few minutes. Then the
connection comes back for no reason.

Sometimes I can reach a site's frontpage, like
"www.yahoo.com", but it doesn't go to any links on the page.
Give it five or ten minutes and try it again, it works fine
again. Very strange. I was able to solve this problem once
by turning off Zone Alarm. The solution worked for two
days. Somehow my machine learned new way to block access to
a site's sub pages even without ZA running. Anyone know
why?

On Thu, 05 May 2005 17:12:38 GMT, Max <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm using a D-link USB Wireless adaptor DWL-G122 to go
>online. It works with D-LINK Air-Plus G router DI-524.
>
>The USB wireless adaptor works perfectly on my laptop, which
>has Windows XP (SP2) and a USB version 1 plug. When I use
>it on my Windows XP (SP3) desktop which has USB version 2
>plug. It disconnects two or three times a day for no
>reason. The off time lasts a few minutes. Then the
>connection comes back for no reason.
>
>Sometimes I can reach a site's frontpage, like
>"www.yahoo.com", but it doesn't go to any links on the page.
>Give it five or ten minutes and try it again, it works fine
>again. Very strange. I was able to solve this problem once
>by turning off Zone Alarm. The solution worked for two
>days. Somehow my machine learned new way to block access to
>a site's sub pages even without ZA running. Anyone know
>why?

I'm OP. Still need you guys help. Here's something new. I
believe the connection is still there, as I was able to
download news articles from a newsserver while IE can't
reach a webpage. IE would say "Internet Explorer can't open
the search page". Another explorer Firefox would say
"www.yahoo.com cannot be found. Please check the name and
try again."

So I guess the problem might related to D-Link USB Wireless
adaptor as the connection is always there. Experts help
please. Thanks.

Just bought one of these today with a D-link DSL-904 router. It worked
right out of the box for all morning. Shut the system down, rebooted from
cold and wouldn't connect.

I took it out and re-inserted into another USB 2 port and reconnection.

These devices don't seem to be very reliable.

BTW I didn't think that Windows XP had an SP3 revision (yet)? Is it a beta?

Jonathan


"Max" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Thu, 05 May 2005 17:12:38 GMT, Max <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I'm using a D-link USB Wireless adaptor DWL-G122 to go
>>online. It works with D-LINK Air-Plus G router DI-524.
>>
>>The USB wireless adaptor works perfectly on my laptop, which
>>has Windows XP (SP2) and a USB version 1 plug. When I use
>>it on my Windows XP (SP3) desktop which has USB version 2
>>plug. It disconnects two or three times a day for no
>>reason. The off time lasts a few minutes. Then the
>>connection comes back for no reason.
>>
>>Sometimes I can reach a site's frontpage, like
>>"www.yahoo.com", but it doesn't go to any links on the page.
>>Give it five or ten minutes and try it again, it works fine
>>again. Very strange. I was able to solve this problem once
>>by turning off Zone Alarm. The solution worked for two
>>days. Somehow my machine learned new way to block access to
>>a site's sub pages even without ZA running. Anyone know
>>why?
>
> I'm OP. Still need you guys help. Here's something new. I
> believe the connection is still there, as I was able to
> download news articles from a newsserver while IE can't
> reach a webpage. IE would say "Internet Explorer can't open
> the search page". Another explorer Firefox would say
> "www.yahoo.com cannot be found. Please check the name and
> try again."
>
> So I guess the problem might related to D-Link USB Wireless
> adaptor as the connection is always there. Experts help
> please. Thanks.

Jonathan Eales <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Just bought one of these today with a D-link DSL-904 router. It worked
> right out of the box for all morning. Shut the system down, rebooted from
> cold and wouldn't connect.

> I took it out and re-inserted into another USB 2 port and reconnection.

I've heard the "another USB port" workaround before. I don't recall if
that was with the DLink or not.

> These devices don't seem to be very reliable.

I have two of the non-G, DWL-122. One is in fairly constant use in a
cantenna, the other sits in my laptop bag and sees occasional use, both
WinXP SP2. There were some issues with flaky connection with the cantenna,
but those seem to have gone away. The link is about 300 ft, so I don't
know what was causing the problem.

Did you load the DLink drivers, or use Windows drivers?
On the cantenna install, the DLink drivers and utility were installed. On
the laptop, the Windows drivers were used.
On the laptop, the Driver screen says the Provider is D-Link.
Driver Details says the provider: Globespan Virata, Inc. Version 3.01.03
10/2/2003 PRISMUSB.SYS

The version from D-Link dwl122_driver_102 is April of 2003, and different.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

Typo. It's SP2.

On Fri, 06 May 2005 16:54:10 GMT, "Jonathan Eales"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Just bought one of these today with a D-link DSL-904 router. It worked
>right out of the box for all morning. Shut the system down, rebooted from
>cold and wouldn't connect.
>
>I took it out and re-inserted into another USB 2 port and reconnection.
>
>These devices don't seem to be very reliable.
>
>BTW I didn't think that Windows XP had an SP3 revision (yet)? Is it a beta?
>
>Jonathan
>
>
>"Max" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> On Thu, 05 May 2005 17:12:38 GMT, Max <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm using a D-link USB Wireless adaptor DWL-G122 to go
>>>online. It works with D-LINK Air-Plus G router DI-524.
>>>
>>>The USB wireless adaptor works perfectly on my laptop, which
>>>has Windows XP (SP2) and a USB version 1 plug. When I use
>>>it on my Windows XP (SP3) desktop which has USB version 2
>>>plug. It disconnects two or three times a day for no
>>>reason. The off time lasts a few minutes. Then the
>>>connection comes back for no reason.
>>>
>>>Sometimes I can reach a site's frontpage, like
>>>"www.yahoo.com", but it doesn't go to any links on the page.
>>>Give it five or ten minutes and try it again, it works fine
>>>again. Very strange. I was able to solve this problem once
>>>by turning off Zone Alarm. The solution worked for two
>>>days. Somehow my machine learned new way to block access to
>>>a site's sub pages even without ZA running. Anyone know
>>>why?
>>
>> I'm OP. Still need you guys help. Here's something new. I
>> believe the connection is still there, as I was able to
>> download news articles from a newsserver while IE can't
>> reach a webpage. IE would say "Internet Explorer can't open
>> the search page". Another explorer Firefox would say
>> "www.yahoo.com cannot be found. Please check the name and
>> try again."
>>
>> So I guess the problem might related to D-Link USB Wireless
>> adaptor as the connection is always there. Experts help
>> please. Thanks.
>

I used the drivers on the D-link CD that came with the package. If I get
problems again (perhaps tomorrow) I'll try to update from the D-link support
site.


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:d5gba3$i1g$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Jonathan Eales <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Just bought one of these today with a D-link DSL-904 router. It worked
>> right out of the box for all morning. Shut the system down, rebooted
>> from
>> cold and wouldn't connect.
>
>> I took it out and re-inserted into another USB 2 port and reconnection.
>
> I've heard the "another USB port" workaround before. I don't recall if
> that was with the DLink or not.
>
>> These devices don't seem to be very reliable.
>
> I have two of the non-G, DWL-122. One is in fairly constant use in a
> cantenna, the other sits in my laptop bag and sees occasional use, both
> WinXP SP2. There were some issues with flaky connection with the
> cantenna,
> but those seem to have gone away. The link is about 300 ft, so I don't
> know what was causing the problem.
>
> Did you load the DLink drivers, or use Windows drivers?
> On the cantenna install, the DLink drivers and utility were installed. On
> the laptop, the Windows drivers were used.
> On the laptop, the Driver screen says the Provider is D-Link.
> Driver Details says the provider: Globespan Virata, Inc. Version 3.01.03
> 10/2/2003 PRISMUSB.SYS
>
> The version from D-Link dwl122_driver_102 is April of 2003, and different.
>
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
>

I too have a DWL-G122. It came in the bundle with a DI-524
(from futureshop, good deal).

Here's my setup: 1 wired xbox to the router. 2 wireless
computers (one is a dell w/ built-in wireless, one is mine w/
the DWL-G122 USB adapter).

The dell one works great, no packet loss or anything.

Mine loses connection every so often, and has packet loss every
minute. You can test for packet loss by going to the command
prompt and typing:

ping -t 192.168.0.1

that will constantly ping your router. Mine works fine, then
all of the sudden "Request timed out." even though my signal
strength is "Excellent" (full strength).

Their tech support line is hopeless. "It's a wireless network,
it will always have packet loss" was their explanation. They
suggest exchanging it, which I might do (but I highly doubt it
will help).

The problem is definitely either the USB adapter or the drivers
because it doesn't work in either computer. I haven't tried the
windows drivers yet. Anyone else have any other suggestions? I
want to play online games but the loss is killing me, even
though it's not constant.

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Jonathan Eales <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I used the drivers on the D-link CD that came with the package. If I get
> problems again (perhaps tomorrow) I'll try to update from the D-link
> support site.

The drivers on the DLink site are certainly newer than the ones on the
CD... at least on my CD. But the Microsoft drivers are newer still.

Mine is the DWL-122, not the G version, but I didn't install the DLink
drivers at all. I let it install from Windows, and allowed it to go to the
web to look for drivers. I've been connected since the first message
earlier today. It's actually more stable than my SMC 2435W card, which
does something weird and pops up the "connected" balloon every few minutes,
even though I never noticed the connection go away. If I'm connected via
VPN, a minor disconnect would break the VPN, so I think either of them is a
good connection.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

aWG <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Mine loses connection every so often, and has packet loss every
> minute. You can test for packet loss by going to the command
> prompt and typing:

> ping -t 192.168.0.1

I did a ping -n 300 to my router.
Ping statistics for Netgear:
Packets: Sent = 300, Received = 300, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 2ms

> Their tech support line is hopeless. "It's a wireless network,
> it will always have packet loss" was their explanation. They
> suggest exchanging it, which I might do (but I highly doubt it
> will help).


start-run-perfmon.msc
+ Performance Object = Network
Numbers agree with dslreports.
+ Performance Object = TCP
shows some counters that might be errors.
The "current bandwidth" in perfmon might be interesting.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

On Sat, 7 May 2005 04:33:44 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed)
wrote:

>start-run-perfmon.msc
> + Performance Object = Network
>Numbers agree with dslreports.
> + Performance Object = TCP
>shows some counters that might be errors.
>The "current bandwidth" in perfmon might be interesting.

Start -> Run -> cmd <enter>

netstat -s | more
netstat -e


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