New Linksys wireless connection problems with Vista Basic. HELP!!

I purchased WRT54G Linksys wirless adapter & WRT54G Linksys Router about 8-10
months ago. Router wired to my desktop pc running Windows XP & my wireless
connection running Vista Basic on a desktop in another room..Everything has
worked fine until about 3 days ago when I keep going in & out of internet
connection on the wireless pc. Updated drivers from Linksys and was on the
phone with them for 3 hrs. yesterday. They got my connection back up, but
only for 15 mins. or so before losing my connection repeatedly. These are my
current issues:
1. I have always had full signal streghth on the wireless pc.
2. I am connected to the network.
3. It says I'm connected to the internet but I can't surf the web.
4. Internet connection keeps turning on/off (Globe then no globe)
5. There are no issues at all with the pc with the router attached.
6. When diagnose and repair it says nothing wrong with my connection or
sometimes check with my internet provider. (Internet on main pc working fine).
7. It's random but I have been able to browse a couple pages here & there,
sometimes for a full hour.
8. Windows Update says there's been an update for my wireless adapter for
months but I always get an Update Failed message. My pc has worked fine for
all this time without it. There have been no changes to either pc. I don't
know why I'm having issues now. Please help..

they have a new app on the linksys website "Easy Link Advisor" that maps your
network, restores connections automatically (just run it, or leave it running
in your tray) and advises you on issues found. it has kept my sketchy
network up nonstop since I downloaded it. worth a try.

"Rockstar1219" wrote:

> I purchased WRT54G Linksys wirless adapter & WRT54G Linksys Router about 8-10
> months ago. Router wired to my desktop pc running Windows XP & my wireless
> connection running Vista Basic on a desktop in another room..Everything has
> worked fine until about 3 days ago when I keep going in & out of internet
> connection on the wireless pc. Updated drivers from Linksys and was on the
> phone with them for 3 hrs. yesterday. They got my connection back up, but
> only for 15 mins. or so before losing my connection repeatedly. These are my
> current issues:
> 1. I have always had full signal streghth on the wireless pc.
> 2. I am connected to the network.
> 3. It says I'm connected to the internet but I can't surf the web.
> 4. Internet connection keeps turning on/off (Globe then no globe)
> 5. There are no issues at all with the pc with the router attached.
> 6. When diagnose and repair it says nothing wrong with my connection or
> sometimes check with my internet provider. (Internet on main pc working fine).
> 7. It's random but I have been able to browse a couple pages here & there,
> sometimes for a full hour.
> 8. Windows Update says there's been an update for my wireless adapter for
> months but I always get an Update Failed message. My pc has worked fine for
> all this time without it. There have been no changes to either pc. I don't
> know why I'm having issues now. Please help..

"Rockstar1219" wrote:

> I purchased WRT54G Linksys wirless adapter & WRT54G Linksys Router about 8-10
> months ago. Router wired to my desktop pc running Windows XP & my wireless
> connection running Vista Basic on a desktop in another room..Everything has
> worked fine until about 3 days ago when I keep going in & out of internet
> connection on the wireless pc. Updated drivers from Linksys and was on the
> phone with them for 3 hrs. yesterday. They got my connection back up, but
> only for 15 mins. or so before losing my connection repeatedly. These are my
> current issues:
> 1. I have always had full signal streghth on the wireless pc.
> 2. I am connected to the network.
> 3. It says I'm connected to the internet but I can't surf the web.
> 4. Internet connection keeps turning on/off (Globe then no globe)
> 5. There are no issues at all with the pc with the router attached.
> 6. When diagnose and repair it says nothing wrong with my connection or
> sometimes check with my internet provider. (Internet on main pc working fine).
> 7. It's random but I have been able to browse a couple pages here & there,
> sometimes for a full hour.
> 8. Windows Update says there's been an update for my wireless adapter for
> months but I always get an Update Failed message. My pc has worked fine for
> all this time without it. There have been no changes to either pc. I don't
> know why I'm having issues now. Please help..

I suggest you try changing the Wireless channel you are using to the the
lowest or highest available since there may be interference on the channel
you are currently using.
"Connection to net on and off ALWAYS" <Connection to net on and off
> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Rockstar1219" wrote:
>
>> I purchased WRT54G Linksys wirless adapter & WRT54G Linksys Router about
>> 8-10
>> months ago. Router wired to my desktop pc running Windows XP & my
>> wireless
>> connection running Vista Basic on a desktop in another room..Everything
>> has
>> worked fine until about 3 days ago when I keep going in & out of internet
>> connection on the wireless pc. Updated drivers from Linksys and was on
>> the
>> phone with them for 3 hrs. yesterday. They got my connection back up, but
>> only for 15 mins. or so before losing my connection repeatedly. These are
>> my
>> current issues:
>> 1. I have always had full signal streghth on the wireless pc.
>> 2. I am connected to the network.
>> 3. It says I'm connected to the internet but I can't surf the web.
>> 4. Internet connection keeps turning on/off (Globe then no globe)
>> 5. There are no issues at all with the pc with the router attached.
>> 6. When diagnose and repair it says nothing wrong with my connection or
>> sometimes check with my internet provider. (Internet on main pc working
>> fine).
>> 7. It's random but I have been able to browse a couple pages here &
>> there,
>> sometimes for a full hour.
>> 8. Windows Update says there's been an update for my wireless adapter
>> for
>> months but I always get an Update Failed message. My pc has worked fine
>> for
>> all this time without it. There have been no changes to either pc. I
>> don't
>> know why I'm having issues now. Please help..

Also I suggest trying a direct connection from your laptop to your router to
confirm that problem is with Wireless and not with some other aspect of
Internet Explorer.
Also if you have IPV6 enabled on your network connection I suggest disabling
it.
Also insure that you have the latest network connection drivers installed
from your Laptop Vendors Website to be sure that no incompatible ones got
installed by WinUpdate by mistake.
Are you running the SP1 release of Vista?
"JW" <> wrote in message
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>I suggest you try changing the Wireless channel you are using to the the
>lowest or highest available since there may be interference on the channel
>you are currently using.
> "Connection to net on and off ALWAYS" <Connection to net on and off
> > wrote in message
> news:CE5C2588-B5F4-43BB-B9A3-...
>>
>>
>> "Rockstar1219" wrote:
>>
>>> I purchased WRT54G Linksys wirless adapter & WRT54G Linksys Router about
>>> 8-10
>>> months ago. Router wired to my desktop pc running Windows XP & my
>>> wireless
>>> connection running Vista Basic on a desktop in another room..Everything
>>> has
>>> worked fine until about 3 days ago when I keep going in & out of
>>> internet
>>> connection on the wireless pc. Updated drivers from Linksys and was on
>>> the
>>> phone with them for 3 hrs. yesterday. They got my connection back up,
>>> but
>>> only for 15 mins. or so before losing my connection repeatedly. These
>>> are my
>>> current issues:
>>> 1. I have always had full signal streghth on the wireless pc.
>>> 2. I am connected to the network.
>>> 3. It says I'm connected to the internet but I can't surf the web.
>>> 4. Internet connection keeps turning on/off (Globe then no globe)
>>> 5. There are no issues at all with the pc with the router attached.
>>> 6. When diagnose and repair it says nothing wrong with my connection or
>>> sometimes check with my internet provider. (Internet on main pc working
>>> fine).
>>> 7. It's random but I have been able to browse a couple pages here &
>>> there,
>>> sometimes for a full hour.
>>> 8. Windows Update says there's been an update for my wireless adapter
>>> for
>>> months but I always get an Update Failed message. My pc has worked fine
>>> for
>>> all this time without it. There have been no changes to either pc. I
>>> don't
>>> know why I'm having issues now. Please help..
>

I have Linksys Wireless-G 2.4GHz and have the same problems.

I also can delete my delete fill in Windows mails, nor can I sometimes send
message, ran a utility that finally has that working but lost all outbox
message to get to that stage. My system is totally freeze up and I have to
shut down and restart or get blue screen. Provider says they can't help
with Vista and when I do get someone willing to work with it they don't have
any answer once it freezes up. Don't have to be doing anything special. I
wish us luck, I nor anyone else seems to have the answer. Such fun, NOT.
"Connection to net on and off ALWAYS" <Connection to net on and off
> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Rockstar1219" wrote:
>
>> I purchased WRT54G Linksys wirless adapter & WRT54G Linksys Router about
>> 8-10
>> months ago. Router wired to my desktop pc running Windows XP & my
>> wireless
>> connection running Vista Basic on a desktop in another room..Everything
>> has
>> worked fine until about 3 days ago when I keep going in & out of internet
>> connection on the wireless pc. Updated drivers from Linksys and was on
>> the
>> phone with them for 3 hrs. yesterday. They got my connection back up, but
>> only for 15 mins. or so before losing my connection repeatedly. These are
>> my
>> current issues:
>> 1. I have always had full signal streghth on the wireless pc.
>> 2. I am connected to the network.
>> 3. It says I'm connected to the internet but I can't surf the web.
>> 4. Internet connection keeps turning on/off (Globe then no globe)
>> 5. There are no issues at all with the pc with the router attached.
>> 6. When diagnose and repair it says nothing wrong with my connection or
>> sometimes check with my internet provider. (Internet on main pc working
>> fine).
>> 7. It's random but I have been able to browse a couple pages here &
>> there,
>> sometimes for a full hour.
>> 8. Windows Update says there's been an update for my wireless adapter
>> for
>> months but I always get an Update Failed message. My pc has worked fine
>> for
>> all this time without it. There have been no changes to either pc. I
>> don't
>> know why I'm having issues now. Please help..