Vista - Issues with Vista and Wifi

So I installed a Netgear W111v2 USB adapter on my box running Vista Ultimate 64. I had the 2.3.2 drivers installed and it worked for a while, then randomally it would drop connection and lose its IP and never able to get it back when reconnected to the wifi signal.

I would randomally get a Host Process Stopped responding error. Every time I go to "Diagnose" the problem in the Network and Sharing center, it pops up with the same host process error and times out while Diagnosing the problem.

I first disabled IPv6, then I ran the registry script that gets rid of all the IPv6 tunnels. Still getting the same problem. Then I disabled the DHCP broacast through the registry tag there. Still not woring.


I upgraded the drivers to the 2.3.3 drivers, still nothing
The wireless router works fine on 2 xp machines that are in the same room, one a laptop on the same desk.

I updated the firmware on the Linksys WRT54G router, enabled and disabled uPnP and tried using a static IP. I changed the channels on the router, which just made it worse for the XP boxes.

I am at a loss here as to what else I can do to connect. I can connect fine to a paid hotspot near me (well actually 100 yards away across the George Bush Tollway) but it will not connect to the local router.

I know Sp1 is around the corner and supposed to help with some of these networking issues (speed when going to/from XP) but it helps me little as I cannot connect now. Just seeing if anyone here had similar issues.

For some reason, Netgear products (at least for me) have been really buggy on vista, expecially x64. Sounds like you've covered the basics as far as your firmware goes.

I would say try static IP and see what happens. Also, on my WRT54G, changing the channel on the wireless broadcast helps me sometimes... For instance, if I choose channel 6, i get full signal all over the house, but channel 5 gives me little if anyting and 7 gives me nothing... just experiment.

Hope that helps.