I enjoyed reading the previous thread, and I could use some help. I
recently installed a wireless router on my cable modem. The only
wireless computer is just in the next room. It connects fine and has
good transfer speed. But if I don't use Internet Explorer for a short
time (maybe 10-20 minutes) it "forgets" how to find the Internet.
Outlook Express still finds the email servers, but maybe because it
checks them every few minutes.
To get IE to reconnect, I have to reboot. Once IE is lost, Agent will
not find the news servers, either.
The router is a D-link DI-514 802.11b using 128 bit WEP encryption.
The card in the computer is another brand.
The OS is Win XP Pro. The processor is an Athalon running at 1.8G.
My wife's computer is in the same room with the router and is plugged
in with Cat 5 cable and has no problems.

I had considered adding another wireless card to the shop computer,
but not until I get this ironed out. The shop machine is a 200 Pentium
running Win98 and is used in dos mode with TurboCNC to drive a
Sherline mill. I don't anticipate network connectivity in dos mode, so
it shouldn't be a problem.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!


Ron Thompson
On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA

http://www.plansandprojects.com

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is
to fill the world with fools.
--Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)