I've recently installed a wireless system - pretty simple environment.
- Cable Modem - Netgear WNR834B - Two Recent Vintage Dell Laptops (Vista Home Premium) wirelessly connected - DHCP enabled for all devices and have not disabled SSID broadcasting - Latest level of WPA available on my hardware is enabled
I'm running into a non-repeatable (but recurring) problem. The norm for both of these computers is to be in "Sleep Mode". Often when coming out they are connected just fine. Other times they seem to be "connected" (as Wireless Network Connection status shows a strong signal), but nothing is sent or received. And the "Diagnose" process selected out of the "Wireless Network Connection Status" window always shows a problem.
To get out of this any of the following has worked at one time or the other
- do nothing for a couple minutes - Go into the Diagnose path in the Vista "Wireless Network Connection Status" window and try one of the several presented options (usually get a new IP address or reset the connection). It can take a few tries here sometimes. - Disable and re-enable the wireless adapter and re-connect - Shut down and re-start
For my personal purposes this isn't a huge problem. But my wife wants to "open the lid and look at her email". A relatively cut and dried set of restart procedures would be OK for her, but I have not yet identified these.
Given the above usage scenarios these problems do not surprise me. But I have to believe that there is a better solution than what I have found so far. What should I be changing here?
Thanks.
dave