losing connection

Browntoa

1. Open Windows Update (click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update).
2. In the left pane, click Check for updates, and then wait while Windows looks for the latest updates for your PC.
   
3. If any updates are found, click View available updates.
   
4. Select the Optional updates that you want, and then click Install. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

this shows you how vista connects

http://ruwireless.rutgers.edu/?page=vista

if it looks like




then vista is managing it

siamese0109

Thanks

I had to install service pack 2 from the upgrade menu which is why I've been away so long :eek: I'm sure I've installed that before though!
Checked and it looks like Vista is managing the wireless connection

Browntoa

go back to windows update and look for optional updates

click View available updates

Select the Optional updates that you want, and then click Install (in your case ones for wireless network cards or wireless software)

siamese0109

This is all I have under the optional updates - do you think I need either of them?

Update for Windows Vista - English (KB937286)
Install this update to copy a local version of key help topics available in the “Online Help” feature of Windows Vista. Customers who enable the Online Help feature of the Windows Vista help system and have a persistent Internet connection do not need this update. This update is useful for customers who are frequently disconnected. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.


Windows PowerShell 2.0 and WinRM 2.0 for Windows Vista (KB968930)
Update type: Optional
The Windows Management Framework Core package includes Windows PowerShell 2.0 and Windows Remote Management (WinRM) 2.0.

Browntoa

no , does not look like either of those

lets try a different look at the problem

does the wireless connection stay up if you are next to the router ??

do you have any other wireless items running , burglar alarms etc in the house

what distance roughly would you say between the location of the router upstairs and where you sit downstairs ??

modern house with plasterboard walls or old house with thick walls ??

siamese0109

Morning!
I haven't tried being next to the router
The house is from mid 1800s and has 24" thick stone walls but I'm in the living room one floor below the bedroom and in fact exactly under the router. I have high ceilings but it's definitely no more than 12' away. I have no other wireless items running either.
Other thing to say is that this set up has been running perfectly for the past year with this laptop and probably for 3 years previously with other laptops so it would be strange if it was suddenly causing a problem now

vixen1500

Reading this post because I am also having same problems - sky told me to try channels 1.6 or 11 - tried all 13 but no difference