Netgear WN121T - peculiar problems

Hi, I have a Netgear WN121T Wireless Adapter which has worked well
since I bought in in February or so. Recently, however, it has stopped
working several times. I am unable to ping my router when this occurs.

The peculiar thing about this is that my Wireless Network Connection
icon in the taskbar continues to show me as being connected, as does
the Netgear Connection Wizard. Netstumbler reports that it is unable
to find a wireless adapter.

If I try to connect to a webpage then, it times out. If I disable the
wireless connection and renable, the computer freezes. The only way to
return my connection to normal is to turn the computer off and even
then Windows freezes on the "Windows is shutting down" screen.

I downloaded the latest drivers for it, but they didn't help the
problem.

I also can't seem to find anything that causes the problem, sometimes
it won't happen for days, other times it happens 3 or 4 times a day.
(also in the middle of this post :O)

The fact that my icons still show normal signal strength and
connectivity would seem to indicate that it is some sort of driver
issue, but I'm really not too sure. Any help much appreciated.

Also, one last thing, it seemed to happen more often when I used Excel
frequently..and it was memory hogging my computer, could this affect
the adapter?

On Aug 23, 3:12*pm, kirbystea...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I have a Netgear WN121T Wireless Adapter which has worked well
> since I bought in in February or so. Recently, however, it has stopped
> working several times. I am unable to ping my router when this occurs.
>
> The peculiar thing about this is that my Wireless Network Connection
> icon in the taskbar continues to show me as being connected, as does
> the Netgear Connection Wizard. Netstumbler reports that it is unable
> to find a wireless adapter.
>
> If I try to connect to a webpage then, it times out. If I disable the
> wireless connection and renable, the computer freezes. The only way to
> return my connection to normal is to turn the computer off and even
> then Windows freezes on the "Windows is shutting down" screen.
>
> I downloaded the latest drivers for it, but they didn't help the
> problem.
>
> I also can't seem to find anything that causes the problem, sometimes
> it won't happen for days, other times it happens 3 or 4 times a day.
> (also in the middle of this post :O)
>
> The fact that my icons still show normal signal strength and
> connectivity would seem to indicate that it is some sort of driver
> issue, but I'm really not too sure. Any help much appreciated.
>
> Also, one last thing, it seemed to happen more often when I used Excel
> frequently..and it was memory hogging my computer, could this affect
> the adapter?



Kirby,

Try using the adapter by itslef ONLY for a while while not using
anything else.
Then start up Excel and see if you can duplicate the problem.
Might narrow down your problem.

Have you installed ANY new programs lately?