I'm using a D-Link DI-524 router and my ASUS Z80K laptop that I built. I have 2 other computers hard wired into the router, only my laptop is wireless. Well, after 5-20 minutes my internet connection drops on my laptop only. It says it's still connected to the wireless network and everything, everything looks normal except for I can't get online. I have to reactivate my home configuration on my laptop to reconnect, (I'm using WEP), and in a second it's back on. Since I'm a pretty big gamer this is quite an annoyance. Both the firmware and drivers are fully updated, and I have no electric devices around to interfere or any phones or anything like that.... I've spent the past few hours searching these forums and hte net for a solution but haven't found any. Thanks for any help!

Make sure the laptop and router antennas are "line of sight", but not too close, be sure all cordless phones are not the same frequency as the router or wireless NIC, 2.4Ghz and 900MHz, no monitors between the antennas, if you live in an apartment, may be getting interference from a neighbor's equipment, don't run the microwave, (2.4GHz), etc. These are things most vendors won't tell you about. If you want a good connection, pay the extra money for commercial grade wireless, otherwise you are doomed to problems...the home market is not that reliable. We pulled all of them out of our schools due to intermittent performance...

My laptop and router are a foot and a half away from each other right now, nothing's in between them. The microwave is in the other extreme of the house and we do have 2 2.4 ghz phones, but they're both hung up so they shouldn't be interfering should they? I often go all around the house with my laptop so wireless is necessary, but it's right here a lot of the time too.

A foot and a half is too close. With omni-directional antennas, you get better reception across the room from an AP than you will if you are right under them. Actually, if you are under your AP you will be lucky to connect at all. For a signal to work well under an AP or in some corners, you will need a directional antenna, forcing the signal where you want it.

I would load this FREE program call Network Stumbler, you might have someone near by transmitting a stronger signel.

Thanks Mike and Brian. I'll get that program to check. Could it be that I was too close? I was getting 100% signal strength when a foot and a half away, but I'll move around to see what happens.

The vendors don't like to list all the things that can interfere with wireless signals. I saw on another post they recommended having the AP up on a shelf as opposed to desk level, saying if the AP were in the attic you would have better reception than if it were in the basement for the middle rooms. Quite possible...just depends on what building material is in between... Good Luck