I have a Netgear DG834 modem router which worked well with the Netgear 511 wireless card in my laptop. Then I bought a wireless card for the PC upstairs which I could only get to work intermittently despite calls to India (helpline) and eventually an exchange. I never managed to sort this problem out.
I decided to make a wired connection to the PC from the same router which worked perfectly first time. (If only the rest of my life was like that!)
The problem I now have is that the wireless connection keeps cutting out. I can use the Netgear utility programme on the laptop and sometimes it can't even find the router. I can reset the router and sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. When I unplugged the cable to the PC from the back of the router my wireless signal is fine again.
This happens whether the PC is switched on or off.
Both machines run XP home edition. I think I uninstalled service pack 2 from the PC a couple of months ago.
Can anyone suggest anything?
I decided to make a wired connection to the PC from the same router which worked perfectly first time. (If only the rest of my life was like that!)
The problem I now have is that the wireless connection keeps cutting out. I can use the Netgear utility programme on the laptop and sometimes it can't even find the router. I can reset the router and sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. When I unplugged the cable to the PC from the back of the router my wireless signal is fine again.
This happens whether the PC is switched on or off.
Both machines run XP home edition. I think I uninstalled service pack 2 from the PC a couple of months ago.
Can anyone suggest anything?