I've also got a WG311v2 PCI wireless client in a Win2K box;
periodically, it drops the network connection (ipconfig says the media
is disconnected and /renew won't repair the connection).  The actual
period ranges from minutes to days, and *seems* to start out longer
after resetting the PC, but I don't have any hard statistics on this
behavior yet.  I'm running with WPA-PSK, and haven't tried running with
encryption disabled or with WEP to see if there's any connection (this
would be weird, but possible).

I can repair the connection by simply opening the Smart Configuration
system tray utility and doing anything that causes it to "validate
settings", e.g., disabling/enabling encryption, changing the SSID
selection from netgear to ANY, changing the profile (I have two that
are exactly the same).  Presumably, there's some sort action performed
by the utility (card reset?) that causes the problem to disappear.

It's more annoying than anything else, since I don't have to reboot the
system to fix it, but I was wondering if anyone else has see this on
Win2K (it's not XP, so the zero configuration isn't running).  I've
already updated the drivers to the latest version to get WPA-PSK
support.

netgear doesn't seem to...

ROBUST...

is that the word i'm looking for?

smowk

Hi.. setting up wireless ISP
Linksys Firmware
Netgear WG511v2 can't connect