DWL650 disconnects every 5 minutes - possible solution

[J A]

Thank you to those who responded.

Someone told me that the PC might have been too close to the router... and 
this seemed to be the problem:

Originally the PC and the router were located within 4 feet.  After I moved 
the PC to another room, no interruptions...

Is there a minimal distance to respect ?

Thank you guys,

Job





>From: Jim Carter <jimc at math.ucla.edu>
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>Subject: Re: DWL650 disconnects every 5 minutes
>Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:20:29 -0800 (PST)
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>On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, J A wrote:
> > I just bought a D-Link DWL650 and the install was OK.
> > Problem: every 5 min. or so the connection is lost...
> > I am using a Netgear MR814 wireless router.
>
>I haven't seen this specific problem, but when I read your message
>something popped into my head.  I set up an aggressive firewall on my
>laptop that blocked bootpc, and after 20 minutes my connection got chopped.
>The reason was that I was failing to renew the lease on my IP address and
>not responding to prompts originated by the DHCP server.  When I accepted
>bootpc (originated from the server), my connection stayed up.
>
>The other person who had a similar failure on WinXP but not Win2K: WinXP
>has a "black hole" firewall feature, which if turned on would prevent lease
>renewal.  There's no evidence that this is actually the problem, and a 5
>minute lease time seems awfully short, but it's worth checking out.
>
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