Internal pings result in time outs

My LAN consist of a Linksys WRK54G wireless router, a DELL 2650 laptop with
a Netgear WG511v1 PC card and a AMD desktop PC wired to the router. I have
the router configured to broadcast the SSID, channel 6, and WPA security.
The DELL and desktop connect over the Internet perfectly. The issue is my
LAN internally. The laptop has WinXP SP2 and the desktop has WinXP SP1.
When I ping the laptop I receive network time outs from 50% to 100%
intermittently. Its essential I fix this problem since I share files across
the two machines. So it appears as though the laptop disconnects but it
hasn't. Because when I get these time outs across the LAN. The laptop can
still ping out and execute other Internet traffic at the same time the
desktop is unable to connect to it. One thing to note is when I execute
"ping laptop -t" (resulting in packet time outs) and then go over to the
laptop and execute "ping desktop" the packets from the laptop are then
received by the desktop. Its like I woke it up. Do I have a hardware
problem, software problem in the card, OS problem (wouldn't surprise me) or
is this common in the wireless world of networking?

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"news user" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> My LAN consist of a Linksys WRK54G wireless router, a DELL 2650 laptop
> with a Netgear WG511v1 PC card and a AMD desktop PC wired to the
> router. I have the router configured to broadcast the SSID, channel 6,
> and WPA security. The DELL and desktop connect over the Internet
> perfectly. The issue is my LAN internally. The laptop has WinXP SP2
> and the desktop has WinXP SP1. When I ping the laptop I receive
> network time outs from 50% to 100% intermittently. Its essential I
> fix this problem since I share files across the two machines. So it
> appears as though the laptop disconnects but it hasn't. Because when
> I get these time outs across the LAN. The laptop can still ping out
> and execute other Internet traffic at the same time the desktop is
> unable to connect to it. One thing to note is when I execute "ping
> laptop -t" (resulting in packet time outs) and then go over to the
> laptop and execute "ping desktop" the packets from the laptop are then
> received by the desktop. Its like I woke it up. Do I have a hardware
> problem, software problem in the card, OS problem (wouldn't surprise
> me) or is this common in the wireless world of networking?
>


You can use the following on the NIC's:

1) Client for MS network
2) MS File and Print Sharing
3) QoS Packet Scheduler
4) TBP/IP Internet.

Use those four above and remove anything else that's listed.

For the wireless card you can do the following:

1) Download the card's driver from its website
2) Install driver and configure the card using Device Manager.
3) Disable Wireless Zero Configuration Service on XP
4) Don't install or use the card's utility program -- not even to show
signal strength
5) On the NIC's Properties screen, select *show network connection* and
by placing the mouse on the icon, it will show signal strength.

This usually makes the wireless connection solid as a rock.

Duane

"Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "news user" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:R8idnWboPKVmWiHcRVn-(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> My LAN consist of a Linksys WRK54G wireless router, a DELL 2650 laptop
>> with a Netgear WG511v1 PC card and a AMD desktop PC wired to the
>> router. I have the router configured to broadcast the SSID, channel 6,
>> and WPA security. The DELL and desktop connect over the Internet
>> perfectly. The issue is my LAN internally. The laptop has WinXP SP2
>> and the desktop has WinXP SP1. When I ping the laptop I receive
>> network time outs from 50% to 100% intermittently. Its essential I
>> fix this problem since I share files across the two machines. So it
>> appears as though the laptop disconnects but it hasn't. Because when
>> I get these time outs across the LAN. The laptop can still ping out
>> and execute other Internet traffic at the same time the desktop is
>> unable to connect to it. One thing to note is when I execute "ping
>> laptop -t" (resulting in packet time outs) and then go over to the
>> laptop and execute "ping desktop" the packets from the laptop are then
>> received by the desktop. Its like I woke it up. Do I have a hardware
>> problem, software problem in the card, OS problem (wouldn't surprise
>> me) or is this common in the wireless world of networking?
>>
>
>
> You can use the following on the NIC's:
>
> 1) Client for MS network
> 2) MS File and Print Sharing
> 3) QoS Packet Scheduler
> 4) TBP/IP Internet.
>
> Use those four above and remove anything else that's listed.
>
> For the wireless card you can do the following:
>
> 1) Download the card's driver from its website
> 2) Install driver and configure the card using Device Manager.
> 3) Disable Wireless Zero Configuration Service on XP
> 4) Don't install or use the card's utility program -- not even to show
> signal strength
> 5) On the NIC's Properties screen, select *show network connection* and
> by placing the mouse on the icon, it will show signal strength.
>
> This usually makes the wireless connection solid as a rock.
>
> Duane

How will I connect if WZC and the card's connection utility are not running?
Didn't thin it was possible.

"news user" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>
> "Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns95BDAE219E375notmenotmecom@216.148.227.77. ..
>> "news user" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> news:R8idnWboPKVmWiHcRVn-(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>>> My LAN consist of a Linksys WRK54G wireless router, a DELL 2650
>>> laptop with a Netgear WG511v1 PC card and a AMD desktop PC wired to
>>> the router. I have the router configured to broadcast the SSID,
>>> channel 6, and WPA security. The DELL and desktop connect over the
>>> Internet perfectly. The issue is my LAN internally. The laptop has
>>> WinXP SP2 and the desktop has WinXP SP1. When I ping the laptop I
>>> receive network time outs from 50% to 100% intermittently. Its
>>> essential I fix this problem since I share files across the two
>>> machines. So it appears as though the laptop disconnects but it
>>> hasn't. Because when I get these time outs across the LAN. The
>>> laptop can still ping out and execute other Internet traffic at the
>>> same time the desktop is unable to connect to it. One thing to note
>>> is when I execute "ping laptop -t" (resulting in packet time outs)
>>> and then go over to the laptop and execute "ping desktop" the
>>> packets from the laptop are then received by the desktop. Its like
>>> I woke it up. Do I have a hardware problem, software problem in the
>>> card, OS problem (wouldn't surprise me) or is this common in the
>>> wireless world of networking?
>>>
>>
>>
>> You can use the following on the NIC's:
>>
>> 1) Client for MS network
>> 2) MS File and Print Sharing
>> 3) QoS Packet Scheduler
>> 4) TBP/IP Internet.
>>
>> Use those four above and remove anything else that's listed.
>>
>> For the wireless card you can do the following:
>>
>> 1) Download the card's driver from its website
>> 2) Install driver and configure the card using Device Manager.
>> 3) Disable Wireless Zero Configuration Service on XP
>> 4) Don't install or use the card's utility program -- not even to
>> show signal strength
>> 5) On the NIC's Properties screen, select *show network connection*
>> and by placing the mouse on the icon, it will show signal strength.
>>
>> This usually makes the wireless connection solid as a rock.
>>
>> Duane
>
> How will I connect if WZC

http://tinyurl.com/6gh9e

What WZCS means to you the home user is that WZCS will roam and try to
connect to other networks in your area dropping the current connection.
If you're not in a roaming environment or situation needing to connect to
different networks as you walk round in that environment, then why do you
need it? Win 2K has WZCS too, but it's disabled by default and people use
wireless on the Win 2K setup without WZCS.

> and the card's connection utility are not

> running? Didn't thin it was possible.

Everything you can do with the card's utility to configure the card for
SSID, WEP or WAP code, setting the channel to be used, etc, etc can be
done with Device Manager and select the card, right-click the line and
select Properties. By having the O/S configure the card makes it more
stable.

You don't need the card's utility to do anything and it has been my
experience that having the two running WZCS and the card's utility can
make the connection unstable.

Duane