I got a d-link rangebooster router and a pcmia network card. Its shows that the signal strength is 100%. When I am browsing on the web or its really noticeable when playing media, it downloads for a few seconds, and then it stops for for a few seconds. Its doesn't do a solid download. The time that it downloads and stops varies but the longer I am on it, the longer the stop time gets. To the point where I just shut it down. I have tried restarting the system but that has not help. I tried rebooting the router but that has also not helped. When I repair the connection, sometimes that helps but it just keeps getting worse until I can't download at all. When I return to it the next evening, I am able to browse once again but then it just repeats the process all over again. When I am on the desktop that is hooked directly into the dsl modem, I do not have this problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Not sure what the problem is but I can tell you this much.....802.11n is not yet a standard....of course the sales person probably didn't mention this because I'll wager the 11n devices are more expensive than the b/g devices. Regardless, this sounds off the top like either a hardware issue, or an 11n issue.

If your NIC and router aren't made by the same manufacturer, then it's likely an 11n issue. The big problem with people jumping the gun like they're all doing with the 11n is that when you don't have standards, your chances of having good interoperability between brands range somewhere between slim and nonexistent.

I recommend you call the place you bought it, or the OEM, and discuss the issues with them.

The router and NIC are both D-Link. I will still call the manufacturer but I am going to be replacing my router with Apple's Airport Extreme and will also be getting a Apple laptop within the next month or two.

Good plan, when in doubt, call the OEM's support people.

When you change over, either go with the present standard of b/g or else ensure your 11n equipment is all the same brand.

I'm betting you have a hardware issue with your router or the NIC.

I haven't contacted the OEM yet but last night I put a RJ45 NIC and the wireless card in the laptop and then bridged the connections. I hooked a desktop into the rj45. With me on the desktop the connection through the wireless card worked solid and I didn't have any of my problems that I have browsing on the laptop.
With that said, could my laptop be the issue?