Netgear WGT624v2 router problems

[Rod]

In February I purchased my first wireless router, a Netgear WGT624v2 router.
I have two desktops running Windows XP Professional and one laptop, also
running Windows XP Professional. The two desktops connect to the router via
RJ-45 connections, and the laptop uses a wireless connection.

About two weeks after getting the router it started causing problems. The
laptop and the two desktops started to be disconnected from the network.
Finally, yesterday after spending a couple of hours on the phone with
Netgear technical support to solve the problem and have it only two 2 hours
before it completed failed again, I decided to take it back where I
purchased it and exchange it for another one.

Today, I finished putting the new Netgear WGT624v2 router into place. I've
downloaded the latest firmware and installed it. I have the router away
from our home's wireless phone set and away from the computers. It is about
5 feet away from anything electronic at all. And yet, this brand new router
is beginning to exhibit the same problems.

What's wrong? What's going on, and what, if anything, can I do about it?

Rod

 

[Sleepless in Seattle]

Start by disconnecting one machine from the network. Run until network
failure or for a week which ever is shorter.

If the network does not fail then the machine you removed is causing a
problem.

If the network fails reconnect the previous machine and disconnect the next
one and so on until all machines are eliminated.