From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:44d34aaa$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 1. What JB said: try another computer.  And please indicate whether it's a
> true drop by your computer, or the access point's dropping the link to the
> ISP?  PPPoE?

It's an access point (D-link cheap-o summat) to my ADSL modem (ZyXel
Prestige 600 if I remember correctly). I *think* it's the computer side
that's dropping the connection, but, alas, without another computer at hand
I can't be sure just now.


> 2. Try another channel.  A radio is still a radio, and the laws of
> physics.....  Perhaps someone's stomping on 6.

Gotta try that. It just dawned on me that there are quite a few wlan's in
the same building, and probably half of them use the same gear (being
cheap) with the same default settings, so there could be something there.


> 4. Microwave, wireless phone, etc. interfering.

Wireless phones are very rare here, I don't think I've seen one in ten
years or so. How far might a microwave cause interference from?


> 5. Run a 30m CAT5, and appease the gods for good.

Did that for the rest of the day. Damn difficult to work without an
internet connection these days...


Antti Kurenniemi

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