SP1 WiFi connection keeps getting disconnected

[Michael Tissington]

After upgrading to SP1 my wifi connection keeps disconnecting and
reconnecting about once every ten minutes or so .... I'm using WPA-Personal
security and I have disabled power management for the nic.

Any ideas how to stay connected please ?

 

[Mick Murphy]

In Network connection have you tried unbinding TCP/IPv6?
Right-click Network conection>Properties>untick TCP/IPv6>reboot

 

[Barb Bowman]

You have not provided any info on what NIC or what router (brand,
model, hardware revision, firmware version).

Please post the text output of ipconfig /all
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com/ipv6-how-to-unbind-from-a-nic-in-windows-vista/

My best guess is to try unbinding IPv6
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com/ipv6-how-to-unbind-from-a-nic-in-windows-vista/

After upgrading to SP1 my wifi connection keeps disconnecting and
reconnecting about once every ten minutes or so .... I'm using WPA-Personal
security and I have disabled power management for the nic.

Any ideas how to stay connected please ?

--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[tcnjfox]

I am having the EXACT same problem. Here's my IPConfig:

Here is before I unticked the IPv6:

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8187B Wireless
802.11b/g 54Mbp
s USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-44-14-D5-F8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5d32:a675:4d6d:
6387%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, April 05, 2008
9:38:15 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:38:14
PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Now this was done after I unticked the IPv6.

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8187B Wireless
802.11b/g 54Mbp
s USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-44-14-D5-F8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, April 05, 2008
9:38:15 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:38:15
PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

I am connecting to a NetGear Wireless G Hardware Version 7 Router.
Never ever had a problem before SP1 and nor do any of the other
wireless devices I have in my house that do not use Vista.

 

[Barb Bowman]

if you mean the WGR614 v7, only the last two firmware versions
implement Cone NAT for Vista compliance.

http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/wgr614v7.asp

what firmware are you running?

I am having the EXACT same problem. Here's my IPConfig:

Here is before I unticked the IPv6:

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8187B Wireless
802.11b/g 54Mbp
s USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-44-14-D5-F8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5d32:a675:4d6d:
6387%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, April 05, 2008
9:38:15 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:38:14
PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Now this was done after I unticked the IPv6.

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8187B Wireless
802.11b/g 54Mbp
s USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-44-14-D5-F8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, April 05, 2008
9:38:15 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:38:15
PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

I am connecting to a NetGear Wireless G Hardware Version 7 Router.
Never ever had a problem before SP1 and nor do any of the other
wireless devices I have in my house that do not use Vista.

--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[tcnjfox]

if you mean the WGR614 v7, only the last two firmware versions
implement Cone NAT for Vista compliance.

http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/wgr614v7.asp

what firmware are you running?

Account Name
Hardware Version V7
Firmware Version V2.0.23_1.0.23NA

Which is the latest version from Netgear. All my drivers are up to
date as well. As I said before, I was in good shape before the SP1
upgrade but now it's horrid. Unticking IPv6 does not seem to help,
although it was a good try so thank you I am going to go dig on
the RealTek website.

 

[Barb Bowman]

also check if the driver was upgraded or downgraded in device
manager (try a driver rollback?)

I am going to go dig on
the RealTek website.

--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/