Getting alot of association connection drops. I can usually get back on by
repositioning the antenna, but my overall signal strength as reported by
the realtek software is 80 signal strength with 65-80 percent quality. The
quality of the connection vacillates wildly. Yesterday when the connection
dropped I could not get back on and I was down for about 30 min, then back
again. I also get frequent episodes where no data can get out-nothing being
sent according to firewall reporting. I have run a good antivirus scan and
everything comes out clean. I have tried to disable unneccesary services
and other hacker prone settings.
Using an unencrypted public AP of put out by a phone company.
Running xp, no router, software firewall set tight and a usb radio with
realtek chipset and software.
Because this connection is unencrypted I sometimes use Tor to encrypt
sensitive data.
Since the AP is unencrypted and not owned by me, I can't used encryption
correct?
What is the most probable source of these connection drops? And what can I
do to eliminate them? I notice when I run everything using Tor, it seems
they are less frequent, so I am thinking hacker DOS attacks or similar?
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