I agree. Have had the unit for a few years and it works great. I have down loaded some firmware upgrades from the Linksys site which corrected all the connectivity issues.

 

Ran the full system scan from Norton and everything has worked great since. I DID NOT expect this to solve the problem.

 

You just never know, do you? Sometimes the simplest things solve the most complex of probs. Hope it sticks.

 

Wireless routers seem to go bad often.

I just saw a Belkin wireless N router at Costco that included a USB port. It looks like you could plug an external hard drive directly to it.

I didn't get it because I had just bought a Maxtor 2 Terabyte Central Axis network storage server. Works fairly well.

 

Sorry, but I can't believe running a scan solved it..... time will tell.

 

Carmen, check the power settings on your laptop. There is a setting for the network card to be diabled when the laptop goes to sleep...it's a power-saving setting. If you uncheck the box for this, your laptop will maintain a connection even when it goes on standby.

I'll be home most of tomorrow until 3:30 PM ( going to friend's wedding). I should be home most of Sunday as well, so feel free to call me.

Edit: Oops, wrong place. It's in the network settings.

1.) Go to the network and sharing center
2.) Click on "Manage network connections"
3.) Right-click on your wireless network connection and select "Properties"
4.)Click the "Configure" button


5.) Click the "Power Management" tab
6.) Uncheck the box that allows the computer to turn off the connection to save power



Hope this helps.

 

Thanks Tony. Everything has been working fine since the scan. Wierd. Even when the laptop is asleep.

 

That's good to hear