houstonmat

Not true, both are disabled (hibernate and sleep). As I stated, it happens
after about 10 minutes, which often is in the middle of me actually doing
something.


"Mary" wrote:

> The fix for this is to change the Power Management tab for the wireless card.
> Select "Allow Windows to this device off to save power." Then Vista knows to
> wake the card and reconnect to the network after Sleep or Hibernate.
>
> "houstonmat" wrote:
>
> > On two different Vista Home Premium laptops, two different architectures and
> > laptop models and three different wireless routers I have experienced the
> > following issue. After about 15 minutes of being connected, my wireless
> > connection drops the Internet connection and becomes 'local access only.'
> > Local access is true, because I can stream from my 360, but the laptop cannot
> > access the internet. Just renewing the IP isn't enough, I have to completely
> > reset the adapter. A cursory search of the internet shows that this happens
> > on just about every imaginable platform and hardware configuration out there.
> >
> > What gives, Microsoft? When will this be patched?? I bought this laptop for
> > my wife so that she *wouldn't* be calling me all day at work to help her, yet
> > the support calls are through the roof!!
> >
> > Matt
> > houstonmat--at--gmail