Netgear WG311v2 and Win2k

That or your line is desynching....the modem is integral to the router... right?

I have a cable modem and it is a Motorola and is separate from my Netgear Wireless router. My physical connections to the router never have issues with INTERNET or anything.

What port do you have the cable modem connected on?

Just curious as why the spot that my Cable modem is plugged into affects wireless?

Anyway it is plugged into the Internet port (that's what they call it on the modem).

In the old days, hardware routers had ports that could not be reconfigured, you had to use the right port for the item you were plugging in... nowadays it is not as prevalent because the ports can reconfigure themselves based on the examined throughput... but not all routers do this, some have a WAN port which you must use. So the modem goes in the WAN port and the other devices go to the network ports.

Is the router on an ordinary power block or is it on a smoothing/surge protection block?

Ah. Well the input from the Internet is in the right port. Just an FYI, I have a HP Officejet 7210 (built in lan port and printer server) plugged in and this computer here which I am typing on. Neither have ever had issues with connecting to each other nor the internet during this whole thing. ONLY the wireless is affected.

After 2 days or so it did it again and I had to log into the router and remove all encryption of anykind. So far it is still going but tomorrow is the 2 day mark.

I don't understand why it is always 2 days. I thought maybe that was when the IP address expires and the DNS server is not reassigning a IP, but the IP is assigned daily (24 hours).

Just makes no sense. I have replaced both pieces of hardware. So it HAS to be a software issue. I am thinking of just reformatting her HD, it has been 3-4 years since I did that on her computer so it probably is due.

Good thing about Win2k, install and forget.

I think the only useful thing I can say at the moment is... wanna donut? :)

While I don't recommend leaving it this way, disable wep completely and se if you can connect. If so, you need to check the OS...something about Win2k and WEP don't like each other. We have a client with the same problem exactly...so we have been gradually migrating them to XP as they can afford it.

I did disable WEP. It is still going as of tonight, it made it past the 2 day mark. I tried WPA but it too had the same issues. Guess I will just go with a unsecured network :( .

Did you enable mac filtering?
This allows ONLY machines with the right mac address to connect. It is unlikely that someone with the skillz to spoof mac addresses would be interested in sitting outside your house to steal your bandwidth.

The other thing that occurred to me is that you may have a neighbour using a similar channel and that every couple of days the conditions are right for them to clash. If you are using the default channel, you may wish to try changing the channel on both the nics and the router.

Well, I tried changing channels and the same thing occured. I did have Mac filtering on and it worked fine for the first 6 months I had the setup. I have it disabled now.

This morning I checked in on the computer and it was off the network again. But this time all I had to do was restart the software program and it connected back up.

Have you turned mac filtering back on? It hogs no bandwidth, it is a simple method of keeping the great unwashed out without encryption.

OMG, you have the honour of being my 20,000th post...

A quick screen shot and then on to 30,000 :devil:

Sorry to be late to the party, but the issue of RF interference in your wireless LAN needs to be investigated. Network Stumbler, a freeware program available at http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/ is a great tool. It works with most (but not all) wireless NICS and will examine the environment for wireless LANS and lets you test signal strength and signal to noise ratios for a specific access point in real time.

I usually install it on all my client's computers which have a wireless LAN connection and take readings and compare them to readings taken on my laptop. This helps pinpoint problems with specific wireless NICS. The program will also give you a graphic representation of connection quality and connect/disconnect time. If you have frequent signal dropouts and long periods of disconnects, this is most likely due to external interference. Some of the newer wireless LAN technologies which are designed to improve speed by using bonded channels can really wreak havoc with other WLANs. When in doubt take the router or access point off-site (and out of the immediate area) and test again.

While WLANs using pre-802.11n technology (MIMO) may help your connection quality, I wouldn't recommend it because there is no standard at present. You might find that your large investment in new equipment is worthless in 6 months.

I think you would do better to look at directional antennas such as Buffalo Technologies WLEDA2 if you find RF noise is the culprit.

No, I have not turned Mac Filtering back on. Last time I did, it started up causing the 2 day issue again.

As for noise, that is possible but the wireless program that came with the card is not detecting any other networks around. I know that it probably is a cheapo and not reliable. I will check out the software you suggested. The thing is My router is in my room, and the computer is just in the next room over. So only 1 wall between us. Signal strength is always 85% to 95%.

When I get a chance I will check out that program.

WEll this is a different box... put mac filtering back on to stop people nicking your bandwidth.