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Chris
I wanted to post some of my testing results with my Linksys WMP54G wireless
NIC dropping connection to my WRT54G router. I have been playing with the
"Advanced" properties of the Broadcom driver that Vista loads as Linksys
does not have any Vista compatible software available for use.
I used the Broadcom drivers default settings for about a week and was
getting connection drops several times a day. I finally found a way to make
the connection a little more stable by manually changing the "Rate" setting.
I have been trying different rates and backing down the value one at a time
to see if it helps. I found that slowing down the rate has helped my
situation and now have the "Rate" set at 18mbps. I noticed that each time I
backed the value down my connection would remain stable although I still get
the occasional drop. At 18mbps it seems to only happen once or twice a day
(latency is less ?).
This was the only *really* frustrating thing about my Vista experience and
if the connection remains as stable as it is now, I may even purchase a copy
when required to by Microsoft. To tell you the truth, I was about to reload
my XP Pro copy just due to this nascence. I have remained stable now for
the past two days and will certainly give another report after having more
time to test.
I hope this helps others out there that may be having the same issue.
Chris
NIC dropping connection to my WRT54G router. I have been playing with the
"Advanced" properties of the Broadcom driver that Vista loads as Linksys
does not have any Vista compatible software available for use.
I used the Broadcom drivers default settings for about a week and was
getting connection drops several times a day. I finally found a way to make
the connection a little more stable by manually changing the "Rate" setting.
I have been trying different rates and backing down the value one at a time
to see if it helps. I found that slowing down the rate has helped my
situation and now have the "Rate" set at 18mbps. I noticed that each time I
backed the value down my connection would remain stable although I still get
the occasional drop. At 18mbps it seems to only happen once or twice a day
(latency is less ?).
This was the only *really* frustrating thing about my Vista experience and
if the connection remains as stable as it is now, I may even purchase a copy
when required to by Microsoft. To tell you the truth, I was about to reload
my XP Pro copy just due to this nascence. I have remained stable now for
the past two days and will certainly give another report after having more
time to test.
I hope this helps others out there that may be having the same issue.
Chris