Upgraded Netgear wireless card driver - PROBLEMS!!

[Chapps]

Ugh. I recently upgraded the driver and the firmware for my Netgear MA-401 wireless PC card ... and I've now got a wireless connection that comes and goes. This is driving me crazy - it was perfect before. I've tried rolling back the driver, but something else is causing the problem (maybe the firmware?).

FYI, the card is connecting to the D-Link 713P wireless router - and they worked together perfectly prior to the upgrading. I keep wondering if I can change the IP settings or the DNS address ... very frustrating. For what it's worth, I usually get the connection back if I remove the card and reinsert it. Sometimes, however, I have to power cycle the router.

Any ideas?

Chapps

[Greenstead]

You're using XP and the V2.6 driver for the MA401 ? It should be OK.

The other issue can be the firmware in the router. Get the latest firmware for that too. Also try a hard reset on the router.

[Chapps]

Well, I've finally got the system working again, without any dropouts. Upgraded firmware in both the card and the wireless router. Apparently, they couldn't talk to one another so well after I upgraded the driver and firmware in just the card alone. The upgraded firmware in the router seems to have helped.

We'll see if this lasts ...

Still have the XP/wireless printing problem (sloooooow), but there doesn't seem to be much that I can do about that.

Thanks.