From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

I don't have another wireless computer right now to test with, but will
soon. I've got a server that has a static IP, connected to the same
network, and it has no problems.


Antti Kurenniemi

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> What happens when you use a different computer at that location?
>
> I've got an office laptop and V has her own laptop.  When we connect
> (wirelessly) from her sewing room, I never have a problem, she
> occasionally does.  (Resolved with http://www.freeantennas.com/ ).
>
> On a more sardonic note - maybe you've using my ISP !  Rogers does
> traffic shaping and drops connections when their software thinks they see
> a torrent connection (in reality it's just a VPN connection being kept
> open).  In fairness, they seem to have stopped but one never knows with
> Rogers whether something has been done by accident or by design and, in
> any event, you can be sure that the status quo is never the status quo for
> long.
>
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:47:08 -0400, Antti Kurenniemi
>  wrote:
>
>> I've got WLAN set at my office, and it's started acting funny: I can use
>> it
>> for like a couple of hours (one hour yesterday, about three today)
>> normally,
>> and then all of a sudden my computer (XP Pro) drops the wireless
>> connection.
>> Then it re-connects automatically, stays on for 10-30 seconds and drops
>> off
>> again. Then reconnect, and so on and so on. It never gets to a normal
>> state
>> again before I reboot the system, after which it seems to work normally.
>>
>>

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