When Idle, Wireless connection drops---challenging issue

Setup & equipment:

I've Belkin router(firmware updated) & Inspiron 6000 (intel 220BG
wireless built in: latest driver). I've ZoneAlram and norton 05
anti-virus ON.

Problem:

Whenever I leave the computer for a while (while downloading stuff)
then it looses the interenet connection. I've to manually reconnect
through the "Intel Pro Wireless" software or sometimes have to disable
& enable the wireless from "my network places".

I've done:

There is no setting in the router that expires the connection when idle
& the DHCP on router is set to never expire the lease of the ip
address. Basically, I can't fig. it out why does this happen. Some
say diable the ZoneAlrm and "Truevector"; however, Truevector won't get
disabled caz. "access is denied".

PLZ. HELP ME TO find the right solution....is there any program i can
use to monitor the package exchange b/t latptop and router and analyze
that.....

"sherry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Setup & equipment:
>
> I've Belkin router(firmware updated) & Inspiron 6000 (intel 220BG
> wireless built in: latest driver). I've ZoneAlram and norton 05
> anti-virus ON.
>
> Problem:
>
> Whenever I leave the computer for a while (while downloading stuff)
> then it looses the interenet connection. I've to manually reconnect
> through the "Intel Pro Wireless" software or sometimes have to disable
> & enable the wireless from "my network places".
>
> I've done:
>
> There is no setting in the router that expires the connection when idle
> & the DHCP on router is set to never expire the lease of the ip
> address. Basically, I can't fig. it out why does this happen. Some
> say diable the ZoneAlrm and "Truevector"; however, Truevector won't get
> disabled caz. "access is denied".
>
> PLZ. HELP ME TO find the right solution....is there any program i can
> use to monitor the package exchange b/t latptop and router and analyze
> that.....
>


try updating the firmware of the router...I used to have a linksys that did
the same thing....updated firmware, worked like a champ...

paranoid wrote:

>
> "sherry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
>> Setup & equipment:
>>
>> I've Belkin router(firmware updated) & Inspiron 6000 (intel 220BG
>> wireless built in: latest driver). I've ZoneAlram and norton 05
>> anti-virus ON.
>>
>> Problem:
>>
>> Whenever I leave the computer for a while (while downloading stuff)
>> then it looses the interenet connection. I've to manually reconnect
>> through the "Intel Pro Wireless" software or sometimes have to disable
>> & enable the wireless from "my network places".

All I can say is that it's not intrinsic to the laptop or the wireless NIC.
I have the same machine & wireless and it's a real trooper - connecting
pretty well over a 1000' link which isn't clean line of sight. However,
I'm using linux on the laptop and a Linksys router.
--
derek

sherry wrote:
> Setup & equipment:
>
> I've Belkin router(firmware updated) & Inspiron 6000 (intel 220BG
> wireless built in: latest driver). I've ZoneAlram and norton 05
> anti-virus ON.
>
> Problem:
>
> Whenever I leave the computer for a while (while downloading stuff)
> then it looses the interenet connection. I've to manually reconnect
> through the "Intel Pro Wireless" software or sometimes have to disable
> & enable the wireless from "my network places".
>
> I've done:
>
> There is no setting in the router that expires the connection when
> idle & the DHCP on router is set to never expire the lease of the ip
> address. Basically, I can't fig. it out why does this happen. Some
> say diable the ZoneAlrm and "Truevector"; however, Truevector won't
> get disabled caz. "access is denied".
>
> PLZ. HELP ME TO find the right solution....is there any program i can
> use to monitor the package exchange b/t latptop and router and analyze
> that.....

Check that the wireless properties in device manager does not have a
setting to turn it off to reduce power consumption.

Q

Quaoar wrote:

> sherry wrote:
>> Setup & equipment:
>>
>> I've Belkin router(firmware updated) & Inspiron 6000 (intel 220BG
>> wireless built in: latest driver). I've ZoneAlram and norton 05
>> anti-virus ON.
>>
>> Problem:
>>
>> Whenever I leave the computer for a while (while downloading stuff)
>> then it looses the interenet connection. I've to manually reconnect
>> through the "Intel Pro Wireless" software or sometimes have to disable
>> & enable the wireless from "my network places".
>>
> Check that the wireless properties in device manager does not have a
> setting to turn it off to reduce power consumption.

Good call! The NIC is definitely capable of software control like that, as
I can manually shut it down in linux.
--
derek