dropping IP address, losing router connection

19 Mar 2005 1:48 AM

Burt Parks

I have a Netgear WGT624 Firmware version 3.0.2 and a Netgear
PC Card WG511T.

It ran fine for over a year with no noticeable problems. Now it
has started dropping the connection to the router, I think is
loses the IP address. Sometimes I can disable and re-enable
the PC card and regain the connection or reboot the machine,
other times I have to reboot the router which is a real pain since
it is downstairs.

The direct line distance between the router and laptop thru
the flooring is about 30 feet. Signal strength is very good at
108 Mbps indicated.

Any ideas?

TIA

19 Mar 2005 5:54 AM

Tom - www.tditcorp.com

I used to get the same problem. The problem seemed to be from
interference. I changed the channel to 11 on the router and everything
seemed to be ok from then on.

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Burt Parks wrote:

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> I have a Netgear WGT624 Firmware version 3.0.2 and a Netgear
> PC Card WG511T.
>
> It ran fine for over a year with no noticeable problems. Now it
> has started dropping the connection to the router, I think is
> loses the IP address. Sometimes I can disable and re-enable
> the PC card and regain the connection or reboot the machine,
> other times I have to reboot the router which is a real pain since
> it is downstairs.
>
> The direct line distance between the router and laptop thru
> the flooring is about 30 feet. Signal strength is very good at
> 108 Mbps indicated.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA