Intermittent connection problem - 30th Nov 2010 8:50am
Windows XP
Netgear USB Wifi Stick
Sky BB Router
For some reason every now and again my main PC will fail to connect to the home network. It can see the network as it still comes up in the available networks window, and is listed as Automatic. But it simply wont connect.
The only way I can get it to connect again is to remove the USB stick and plug it into a different USB socket. This will then work for maybe 7-14 days, then it will refuse to connect again.
At some point I will be going over to a partially wired network with Homeplugs, but in the mean time this is doing my head in.
None of the other laptops/wireless devices are affected and will happily connect, so Im thinking its definitely the PC, I just cant figure out why.
Any ideas?
Netgear USB Wifi Stick
Sky BB Router
For some reason every now and again my main PC will fail to connect to the home network. It can see the network as it still comes up in the available networks window, and is listed as Automatic. But it simply wont connect.
The only way I can get it to connect again is to remove the USB stick and plug it into a different USB socket. This will then work for maybe 7-14 days, then it will refuse to connect again.
At some point I will be going over to a partially wired network with Homeplugs, but in the mean time this is doing my head in.
None of the other laptops/wireless devices are affected and will happily connect, so Im thinking its definitely the PC, I just cant figure out why.
Any ideas?