As regular readers know, I have been the unfortunate participant in a continuing issue with wireless networks randomly disconnecting in Windows XP and now with wireless network disconnects in Windows 7. Over that time, I’ve come to understand a lot about how Microsoft networking functions and how wireless networks work in general. I’ve also become [...]
As long time readers of Best Hubris know, I have had a running battle with Microsoft operating systems and wireless networking problems. Yes, by now I may have spent less time and energy by running out and buying a bunch of brand new hardware, but I don’t think that I should have to buy all [...]
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Here we go again. I had hoped this crap would be fixed in Windows 7, but apparently the long suffering Microsoft blunder known officially as NetBIOS / NetBEUI, and as NetKablooey by any experienced systems administrator or network administrator, just won’t die. Although Windows 7 itself doesn’t necessarily use NetBIOS anymore (a long ago abandoned [...]
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I recently stumbled upon NetSurveyor while trying to find the more well known NetStumbler utility. NetSurveyor seemed to also do what I was looking for, so I decided to give it a try. NetSurveyor 802.11 Discovery Tool Features As with NetStumbler, the standard usage of NetSurveyor is to scan the airwaves and find all of [...]
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I recently moved my office down to the basement. It’s a nice space and everything, but it’s in the back of the house and the wireless access point is attached to the cable modem up in the front of the house. Now, I after the cluster-screw up I had with Windows random wireless network disconnects [...]
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Finally, a solution to the problem of Windows randomly disconnecting from wireless networks after connecting just fine. And don’t worry, this isn’t some dumb answer like, check your WEP settings.
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Troubleshooting the bizarre issue of wireless networks running Windows randomly disconnecting after connecting to the wireless network just fine. Don’t worry, this article will not blame your microwave or your cordless phone.
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