ME Keeps dropping wireless connection

<also posted in microsoft.public.windowsme.wireless>

I have been trying to solve this problem for about a week. My ME
machine is able to get a working connection to the network after
starting up, but seems to loose network connectivity within 1-5 mins.
The connection does seem to stay alive as long as I am actively
hitting the internet or the other computer on the network. Problem
seems to happen when client is inactive for a couple of minutes. Only
a reboot gets the connection to work again. I should also mention that
my signal is strong at all times - network adapter reports 24 - 54
mbps.

Here is my hardware:

Router: Linksys WRT54G v1.1
Client 1: windowsXP pro - ethernet connection to router
Client 2: windowsME - wireless connection using Netgear WG121 USB
adapter.

Additional info:
~Do not broadcast SSID.
~adapter is 10 ft away from router - clear line of sight - no 2.4ghz
phones or microwaves running. Should note that before I stopped
broadcasting SSID, could see 6 other networks when scanning. All of
them 802.11b using channel 6.
~Signal remains strong even when unable to connect to network
~Tried with and without WEP
~Tried with and without MAC address filtering
~Tried different channels (1,6, and 7)
~Tried static and dynamic IPs.
~Running latest drivers and firmware on router and adapter.

If anyone has run into this problem and solved it, I would really
appreciate some advice. I have read several newsgroup discussions and
nothing specifically relates to ME - lots of XP advice. I am real
close to nuking the OS from orbit.

(E-Mail Removed) (Scott Pettyjohn) wrote in
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> If anyone has run into this problem and solved it, I would really
> appreciate some advice. I have read several newsgroup discussions and
> nothing specifically relates to ME - lots of XP advice. I am real
> close to nuking the OS from orbit.
>

You should be happy that ME is not crashing and doing a reboot on you every
time a car or truck drove by that put out heavy frequencies. That all went
away, when I switched the wireless laptop over to Win2K and now it's XP.

Duane

I would check to see if the OS is putting the adapter to sleep from non-use!

Wayne

"Scott Pettyjohn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> <also posted in microsoft.public.windowsme.wireless>
>
> I have been trying to solve this problem for about a week. My ME
> machine is able to get a working connection to the network after
> starting up, but seems to loose network connectivity within 1-5 mins.
> The connection does seem to stay alive as long as I am actively
> hitting the internet or the other computer on the network. Problem
> seems to happen when client is inactive for a couple of minutes. Only
> a reboot gets the connection to work again. I should also mention that
> my signal is strong at all times - network adapter reports 24 - 54
> mbps.
>
> Here is my hardware:
>
> Router: Linksys WRT54G v1.1
> Client 1: windowsXP pro - ethernet connection to router
> Client 2: windowsME - wireless connection using Netgear WG121 USB
> adapter.
>
> Additional info:
> ~Do not broadcast SSID.
> ~adapter is 10 ft away from router - clear line of sight - no 2.4ghz
> phones or microwaves running. Should note that before I stopped
> broadcasting SSID, could see 6 other networks when scanning. All of
> them 802.11b using channel 6.
> ~Signal remains strong even when unable to connect to network
> ~Tried with and without WEP
> ~Tried with and without MAC address filtering
> ~Tried different channels (1,6, and 7)
> ~Tried static and dynamic IPs.
> ~Running latest drivers and firmware on router and adapter.
>
> If anyone has run into this problem and solved it, I would really
> appreciate some advice. I have read several newsgroup discussions and
> nothing specifically relates to ME - lots of XP advice. I am real
> close to nuking the OS from orbit.