New info for wireless adapters straight from Microsoft

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Prevent network flooding and connection drops

The new networking stack contained in Windows Vista, as with many new betas,
has some issues. It seems to drop wireless connections and in rare cases
block all traffic on wireless routers, requiring a restart of the router
itself. I have not experienced this, so perhaps it is concerned only with
certain makes of router.To fix these problems, complete the following
instructions

WARNING: Please note that this will disable IPv6 connectivity, as well as
the Windows Firewall security, and is not recommended unless you are
experiencing these issues. This will also invalidate any network related bug
reports you file for Windows Vista.

Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Under “Network Centreâ€, click on “View network status and tasksâ€.
In the left hand pane, click on “Open connectionsâ€.
Right click on your network connection (for example: Wireless Network
Connection), and then click “Configureâ€.
If asked for permission to open Network Connections, click on Allow.
Highlight the following items and press the “Uninstall†button:
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder
Uncheck “Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)â€
Uncheck "QoS Packet Scheduler"
Next, click on the “Configure†button under the name of your network adapter.
Click on the Power Management tab.
Disable all power management items listed on the Power Management tab.
Press OK.

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Also make sure your firmware on your router is up to date. I spent 12 hours
trying to figure this crap out. Tunneling through every possible solution
posted throughout this board. Although most of it was a "Do this too..." I
saw the light a firmware update for the router.
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Performed an Upgrade to Windows XP
Time consumed in upgrade 6 hours (Dang!!!)

My system:
Dell Inspiron 9200 Laptop 2.0 Ghz, 1. gb ram
80 Gig Drive
ATI Radeon 9700 Display
Router - D-Link DI 634 MIMO
 
Thanks for the heads up. I just happen to have the same router.
Unfortunately, I already have the latest firmware so it looks like I'll have
to try some of the "try this too" suggestions. :)
 
The other thing I had to do was change the SSID and Wep Password for my
Router. Somehow the machine remembers something about the original config and
still tries to connect under the old configuration. So I basically
reconfigured the router from scratch.
 
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