Linksys WRT54GS Intermittent Drops

Oct 23, 2004 Last reply: 21 years ago 4 Replies
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Folks,



My problem is simple to explain. Every 30 minutes or my only wireless-connected computer drops connection and then re-establishes connection.



Now for my hardware:



Cable Modem: Toshiba



Router: Linksys WRT54GS (Firmware v2.07.1)



Wireless-connected computer: Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter (WMP54G)



My other two computers are hard-wired to the router. It is only my upstairs computer (two levels up) that has the wireless connection.



All my computers run XP (SP2).



When connected, my upstairs computer has excellent signal strength (at least that's what it says).



I am running WEP security with a wireless mac filtering, allowing only my computers access.



I have made sure that I configured my wireless connection to only connect to my network and not any available network, as I read that this may cause intermittent drops.



I hope I have provided all the relevant information. I want to fix this problem, as it has been driving me nuts.



Any help is greatly appreciated,



Alanb



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power saving is enabled for the wireless card?

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No, that has been disabled.

It looks like it might have been our cordless phone, at least that's my preliminary assessment. No drops so far today, after disconnecting the cordless.

Alanb

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Very possible - a lot of them use the same frequency.

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Well, I don't think that's it.

I'm going to run through the channels and see if one sticks with no disconnects.

One question, though. I have an XBox wireless adapter. As far as I can tell, that has never disconnected, but it is on the same floor as my wireless router.

Now, as far as these intermittent disconnects go, is it true that the farther away a wireless-connected computer is the more likely it will have disconnects? If that is not the case, then these disconnects have something to do with the settings on the computer that is getting disconnected, since my wireless XBox connection doesn't seem to be prone to these disconnects.

Thanks,

Alanb

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