On Dec 28, 11:59*am, "Chad Harris" <Windo...@Blackcombville.net>
wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi--
>
> On most laptops, notebooks, *and netbooks, there is an "F" button whereyou
> can toggle wireless off and on by holding down the Fn and its key (it
> usually has a wireless antenna logo. *Often it has 4 settings, Bluetooth On,
> Bluetooth off, *Network Connection and Bluetooth On, Net Connection and
> Bluetooth Off. *Check and make sure it's set to have wireless on.[/color]

hey that helps. I found F5 that does what you say. That allowed me to
turn off Access connections. In doing that I discovered that Access
connections had a selected option to "turn off twireless radio when
inactive." WTF?? I unchecked that option. Here's hoping.

[color=blue]
>
> Although this is not mentioned enough, any router's 802.11 stability can be
> spooked by anything that can emit EMR (EM radiation) that interferes with
> your wireless frequency. *Make sure your router is a sufficient distance
> from any box in your network that has two moving parts that can spook it--a
> fan and a rotating hard drive, any monitors which can emit EMR, and entities
> outside an office where construction is going on can also enter into the
> equation. *The causes outside can even include pine trees because the
> moisture in the needles emits a frequency that interferes with many routers.
>
> Put the router far enough away from anything moving inside a box and froma
> monitor so it is stable. *This can be remedied if necessary by getting a 3-4
> meter USB connection(s) for the router.
>
> This instability can be corrected sometimes by just unplugging the router
> and replugging it in but router placement is important.
>[/color]

My wireless router is all by itself in a room upstairs. Although none
of the other computers connected to it wirelessly exhibits these same
symptoms.

Let's hope getting rid of Access Connections at least alleviates my
problem.