My LAN consist of a Linksys WRK54G wireless router, a DELL 2650 laptop with a Netgear WG511v1 PC card and a AMD desktop PC wired to the router. I have the router configured to broadcast the SSID, channel 6, and WPA security. The DELL and desktop connect over the Internet perfectly. The issue is my LAN internally. The laptop has WinXP SP2 and the desktop has WinXP SP1. When I ping the laptop I receive network time outs from 50% to 100% intermittently. Its essential I fix this problem since I share files across the two machines. So it appears as though the laptop disconnects but it hasn't. Because when I get these time outs across the LAN. The laptop can still ping out and execute other Internet traffic at the same time the desktop is unable to connect to it. One thing to note is when I execute "ping laptop -t" (resulting in packet time outs) and then go over to the laptop and execute "ping desktop" the packets from the laptop are then received by the desktop. Its like I woke it up. Do I have a hardware problem, software problem in the card, OS problem (wouldn't surprise me) or is this common in the wireless world of networking?
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19 years ago