Okay guys, I am trying to figure this one out. My current roommate (who is moving out shortly) is an IT snob and makes it difficult to work with on internet issues. He has a hardware router with a D-Link access point and a booster antenna.

Recently, with both my internal wireless card and an old Orinoco 802.11b PCMCIA card, I will remain connected to his access point, but the internet connection will drop in and out VERY frequently. I roamed over to an unsecured network one night with my internal NIC and all the issues stopped. I then tried my Hawking HWU54D 6db gain USB network adapter on his access point and there were no issues as well.

Does anyone have any idea what the hell could be going on? Also, can someone recommend a good consumer router to purchase?

 

You can't go wrong with the Linksys WRT54G. Newegg has them for under $60 i believe. Just read up on the available 3rd party firmware upgrades and you'll have a nice and effective router for cheap.

 

I think I had one a while ago that I sold because of my roommate's super router. Any idea on the NIC issues?

 

try putting the router on channel 6 for some reason that seems to be the most stable channel.

 

It is on channel 11 because there are a lot of routers on channel 6. Although, the unsecured one I connected to was on 6 and that was fine

 

try another channel, it's a common problem with dropped connections.

 

ts

 

Okay, I will have him change the channel. BTW, I don't lose connection to the AP, just internet connectivity. Could interference on a particular channel cause that?

 

yeah I'm pretty sure it can

 

awesome. I guess that explains why being on another network (channel 6) gave me no issues except for low signal strength and the hawking worked fine (powerful).