I've currently networked an XP PC to a Vista PC, everything is fine I believe except the fact that the wireless disconnects after every 8 minutes. I have no idea why this happens although google searching yields many results, all very different . I've read lots of pages detailing about ipconfig/ renew in DOS also about the default XP wireless connection manager being too schizophrenic and always searching for a better connection. I am using the default Windows XP wireless connection manager and networking via a USB dongle (Belkin) and wireless router (Belkin).

Why does my wireless connection d/c after every 8 minutes? How can I fix this PROBLEM?

Thanks for reading. Again I've managed to fix the problem. Sorry for wasting your time.Glad to hear you FIGURED it out.

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My first time here. I have SORT of the same problem and I'm confused. I have a laptop and wireless router and my internet connection works fine until my DAUGHTER comes home from college with her laptop. When she tries to do anything with her laptop, we loose our connection. The only way we get it back is to shut off the modem and unplug the router for about twenty minutes. Then they both reboot and our connection comes back for a littlw while. I am running XP while she runs Vista. How did you solve your problem?