WIFI connection randomly/non randomly disconnects

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My wifi set up is: 1 desktop with a D-Link DWL-G250+ (b/g) PCI wifi
card and a laptop with a Intel PRO 2100 (b) wifi card.

I connect ad-hoc no problem, getting full signal (im only 2 meters
away on the laptop from my desktop with no walls or anything in
between), ICS working as does file and print sharing, but then either
with a random time interval OR when i put a high load on the link it
disconnects on the laptop. However the on the desktop it thinks its
still connected.

Both machines are running xp pro with sp2. I have disabled/enabled
antivirus and firewalls but this makes no difference. As far as i can
tell there is no firmware updates for either of these cards.

I've tried messing around with some of the advanced settings on the
d-link card but to be honest im not exactly sure what most of them do.
And in any case it hasnt changed the problem one bit. One interesting
note is that on the laptop card (intel pro 2100) there are none of
these advanced settings.

Windows is controlling both connections and i am not using the
manufactorers software.

Someone please help, i think im losing my mind!

Another interesting thing to note is i brought this pci wifi card as i
was unsucesful getting a bluetooth network set up with two bluetooth
dongles, as just as in this case, it kept randomly disconnecting!

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Here is the best 'band-aid' I have found for it so far (with no help from MS
on this, btw)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1568517,00.asp

Carey



"King Fu" <kingfuu@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My wifi set up is: 1 desktop with a D-Link DWL-G250+ (b/g) PCI wifi
> card and a laptop with a Intel PRO 2100 (b) wifi card.
>
> I connect ad-hoc no problem, getting full signal (im only 2 meters
> away on the laptop from my desktop with no walls or anything in
> between), ICS working as does file and print sharing, but then either
> with a random time interval OR when i put a high load on the link it
> disconnects on the laptop. However the on the desktop it thinks its
> still connected.
>
> Both machines are running xp pro with sp2. I have disabled/enabled
> antivirus and firewalls but this makes no difference. As far as i can
> tell there is no firmware updates for either of these cards.
>
> I've tried messing around with some of the advanced settings on the
> d-link card but to be honest im not exactly sure what most of them do.
> And in any case it hasnt changed the problem one bit. One interesting
> note is that on the laptop card (intel pro 2100) there are none of
> these advanced settings.
>
> Windows is controlling both connections and i am not using the
> manufactorers software.
>
> Someone please help, i think im losing my mind!
>
> Another interesting thing to note is i brought this pci wifi card as i
> was unsucesful getting a bluetooth network set up with two bluetooth
> dongles, as just as in this case, it kept randomly disconnecting!