XP wireless hell(p)

jessehayes · 01-16-2005, 05:47 PM

Please help me out!!

I'm running XP on a Dell and I have Verizon DSL . I have a Linksys Wireless-G card and a Belkin 54g router. I recently re-installed XP and updated to SP2. I also installed Norton internet Security.

I used to have no problems connecting to my internet, but now, My internet is wayyyy slow...like 51Mbits/sec, and every few minutes I lose the connection (the icon in the system tray says "acquiring ip address." There are 2 other pcs in my house [one wired, and one wireless]--neither have trouble. I think that my ip is static. Can someone walk me through the solution to this? I've shut off the firewalls and that doesn't help. Please God, let there be a cure for this...

salty1 · 01-16-2005, 05:59 PM

Is the computer your having trouble with wired or wireless ? Also try going to network connections and make sure the other networks are disabled.

jessehayes · 01-17-2005, 10:16 AM

That's a wireless pc with no other connections enabled...it connects, but soon after...drops the ip and acquires a new one (it's always the same one, though)

Digsby · 01-18-2005, 06:42 AM

You may want to check your IP lease time if you haven't already. You should be able to do so by logging into the router, via, routers IP address, there should be an option to change the lease settings, the optimal time for a lease is usually 2 weeks. Save the changes then power cycle the router afterwards. You may want to reboot the pc's also, just to make sure, the router is sending new data, and the pc's are receiving new data.

01-16-2005, 05:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
jessehayes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2 OS: XP	XP wireless hell(p) Please help me out!! I'm running XP on a Dell and I have Verizon DSL . I have a Linksys Wireless-G card and a Belkin 54g router. I recently re-installed XP and updated to SP2. I also installed Norton internet Security. I used to have no problems connecting to my internet, but now, My internet is wayyyy slow...like 51Mbits/sec, and every few minutes I lose the connection (the icon in the system tray says "acquiring ip address." There are 2 other pcs in my house [one wired, and one wireless]--neither have trouble. I think that my ip is static. Can someone walk me through the solution to this? I've shut off the firewalls and that doesn't help. Please God, let there be a cure for this...

01-17-2005, 10:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
jessehayes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2 OS: XP	I'm wireless That's a wireless pc with no other connections enabled...it connects, but soon after...drops the ip and acquires a new one (it's always the same one, though)

01-18-2005, 06:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Digsby Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 63 OS: 2k, XP	xp wireless You may want to check your IP lease time if you haven't already. You should be able to do so by logging into the router, via, routers IP address, there should be an option to change the lease settings, the optimal time for a lease is usually 2 weeks. Save the changes then power cycle the router afterwards. You may want to reboot the pc's also, just to make sure, the router is sending new data, and the pc's are receiving new data. __________________ In the future, our kids will be so smart, they'll be able to program their VCR's without spilling pipping hot gravy all over myself. -P.G.

01-16-2005, 05:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
salty1 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Is the computer your having trouble with wired or wireless ? Also try going to network connections and make sure the other networks are disabled.