Wireless Connection Disappears

I have a laptop with Ethernet and Wireless. Ethernet works fine. When I plug
the USB Wireless adapter in, that also works fine for a while then "dies". A
typical scenario is as follows:--I have been using the computer on teh
ethernet LAn all day (either at home or in the office, doesn't matter), then
I unplug and move the computer to a ifferent room with no ethernet port so I
decide to plug in the USB wireless adapter to check my emails, browse the web
etc. This seems to work for a while (say half to one hour), then I lose the
internet connection. Signal strength is perfect on the wireless side. Seems
like XP just gives up on the thing, I cant find anything obviously wrong in
network settings, and in any case why would it wrk for a while then stop? Any
ideas would be appreciated.

Hi

Make sure that the power saving feature of the Wireless is Disabled (look at
the card properties).

Wireless source (I.e. Router/AP) has to be configured with SSID On.

Jack (MVP-Networking).



"Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7AD95EFE-F5CC-4049-8FFC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a laptop with Ethernet and Wireless. Ethernet works fine. When I
>plug
> the USB Wireless adapter in, that also works fine for a while then "dies".
> A
> typical scenario is as follows:--I have been using the computer on teh
> ethernet LAn all day (either at home or in the office, doesn't matter),
> then
> I unplug and move the computer to a ifferent room with no ethernet port so
> I
> decide to plug in the USB wireless adapter to check my emails, browse the
> web
> etc. This seems to work for a while (say half to one hour), then I lose
> the
> internet connection. Signal strength is perfect on the wireless side.
> Seems
> like XP just gives up on the thing, I cant find anything obviously wrong
> in
> network settings, and in any case why would it wrk for a while then stop?
> Any
> ideas would be appreciated.

Hi
Disabling SSID, would my Wireless System be more secure?
http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ssid
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Alan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
> Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Make sure that the power saving feature of the Wireless is Disabled (look
>> at the card properties).
>>
>> Wireless source (I.e. Router/AP) has to be configured with SSID On.
>>
>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>>
>>
>> "Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:7AD95EFE-F5CC-4049-8FFC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I have a laptop with Ethernet and Wireless. Ethernet works fine. When I
>>> plug
>>> the USB Wireless adapter in, that also works fine for a while then
>>> "dies". A
>>> typical scenario is as follows:--I have been using the computer on teh
>>> ethernet LAn all day (either at home or in the office, doesn't matter),
>>> then
>>> I unplug and move the computer to a ifferent room with no ethernet port
>>> so I
>>> decide to plug in the USB wireless adapter to check my emails, browse
>>> the web
>>> etc. This seems to work for a while (say half to one hour), then I lose
>>> the
>>> internet connection. Signal strength is perfect on the wireless side.
>>> Seems
>>> like XP just gives up on the thing, I cant find anything obviously wrong
>>> in
>>> network settings, and in any case why would it wrk for a while then
>>> stop? Any
>>> ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>>
> Jack,
>
> Re your comment regarding "SSID = On" as a fix for connections that get
> dropped. Do you have a source for this idea? I'm trying to understand
> why the wireless PC would not stay connected if the network connection
> identifies the SSID and it is the preferred net.
> There are a lot of users who for security reasons don't want to broadcast
> the SSID (me for instance) even though encryption is being used.

Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:
> Hi
> Disabling SSID, would my Wireless System be more secure?
> http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ssid
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Alan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Make sure that the power saving feature of the Wireless is Disabled (look
>>> at the card properties).
>>>
>>> Wireless source (I.e. Router/AP) has to be configured with SSID On.
>>>
>>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:7AD95EFE-F5CC-4049-8FFC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> I have a laptop with Ethernet and Wireless. Ethernet works fine. When I
>>>> plug
>>>> the USB Wireless adapter in, that also works fine for a while then
>>>> "dies". A
>>>> typical scenario is as follows:--I have been using the computer on teh
>>>> ethernet LAn all day (either at home or in the office, doesn't matter),
>>>> then
>>>> I unplug and move the computer to a ifferent room with no ethernet port
>>>> so I
>>>> decide to plug in the USB wireless adapter to check my emails, browse
>>>> the web
>>>> etc. This seems to work for a while (say half to one hour), then I lose
>>>> the
>>>> internet connection. Signal strength is perfect on the wireless side.
>>>> Seems
>>>> like XP just gives up on the thing, I cant find anything obviously wrong
>>>> in
>>>> network settings, and in any case why would it wrk for a while then
>>>> stop? Any
>>>> ideas would be appreciated.
>>>
>> Jack,
>>
>> Re your comment regarding "SSID = On" as a fix for connections that get
>> dropped. Do you have a source for this idea? I'm trying to understand
>> why the wireless PC would not stay connected if the network connection
>> identifies the SSID and it is the preferred net.
>> There are a lot of users who for security reasons don't want to broadcast
>> the SSID (me for instance) even though encryption is being used.
>
>
Grazie.

I am in Australia so we have a time zone and dateline difference. I will try
your suggestions when I get home this evening.

Regards, Brad

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
>
> Make sure that the power saving feature of the Wireless is Disabled (look at
> the card properties).
>
> Wireless source (I.e. Router/AP) has to be configured with SSID On.
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "Brad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7AD95EFE-F5CC-4049-8FFC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have a laptop with Ethernet and Wireless. Ethernet works fine. When I
> >plug
> > the USB Wireless adapter in, that also works fine for a while then "dies".
> > A
> > typical scenario is as follows:--I have been using the computer on teh
> > ethernet LAn all day (either at home or in the office, doesn't matter),
> > then
> > I unplug and move the computer to a ifferent room with no ethernet port so
> > I
> > decide to plug in the USB wireless adapter to check my emails, browse the
> > web
> > etc. This seems to work for a while (say half to one hour), then I lose
> > the
> > internet connection. Signal strength is perfect on the wireless side.
> > Seems
> > like XP just gives up on the thing, I cant find anything obviously wrong
> > in
> > network settings, and in any case why would it wrk for a while then stop?
> > Any
> > ideas would be appreciated.
>
>
>