Our home D-Link wireless adapter connection to Linksys router keeps dropping internet connections.
Scenario:
1. Reboot computer - (Windows 2000)
2. D-link WDA-2320 icon (in systray turns green. SID has a blue halo signifying connectivity. )
3. Connect using IE, AOL, or Firefox. Connection last about 30 minutes. Browser stops working. D-Link icon continues to show green but the blue halo turns on and off. Browser never able to connect to the router when the blue halo turns off. The DHCP address is missing in ipconfig /all.
Need to reboot to get another 15-30 minutes of wireless connectivity.
When ipconfig /all is run after reboot, there is a valid address in the fields, 'Connection--specific DNS suffix' and 'DNS suffix search list.' After 15 minutes, these fields are empty.
These problems seemed to happen the end of May Windows security silent update push. There are 2 other computers connected similarly to the router connected to cable modem with no problem. One PC has D-Link, the other with Dell wireless driver. Both are XP, one may have had an update, one did not. None have the same Windows 2000 problem.
D-link WDA-2320 was updated with the latest driver - problem still exists. Tried to connect in SAFE MODE w/ Network: Could not find the driver.
Latest symptom after trying safe mode: There are 2 connection profiles in D-LINK. One I defined, the other is unknown. With the 2 profile, the blue halo switches back and forth.
Would appreciate some help - would prefer staying with Windows 2000 since this desktop with DLINK PCI card is not resource rich.
