XP / Wireless Dropped Connections
 

We have a basic home wireless setup with a Netgear 814v2 WAP. After installing XP on my laptop, which has an Orinoco gold pcmcia card, my wireless connections have been very inconsitent (e.g. fine for 5 minutes, dropped for 15 seconds, then fine for 5 more minutes). Is this normal for XP and is there a known fix?

Thanks, LS

no its not normal.

i have an orinocco gold card with no issues like that.

is there another wireless AP showing in the available networks, ill switch between the two if ones stronger, check the prefered list

also check foir an updated driver from proxim

don't install the software that comes with the adapter, just get the driver from the CD using windows' add new hardware wizard then plug in your 2 DNS numbers. same thing happened to me when i used the CD that came w/ the adapter.

Thanks...we live in an apartment and have ~4 WAPs visible, several of which are not secure. "Plug in your 2 DNS numbers?" Could you briefly explain this process?

locoslomo, log into the routers sending the unencrypted signals and turn on WEP. :D