Vista won't stay connected to secured wireless

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mikemean
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Vista won't stay connected to secured wireless

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Need help here. I have tried everything. The new laptop with Vista takes forever to connect to the Linksys router and then when it does it is intermittent and the connection drop lots. I have the WEP 128 encryption and the router broadcasts the signal. I read lots of stuff that Vista has problems connecting to secured wireless. Any ideas?
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Try changing the wireless channel on the router.
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YARDofSTUF wrote:Try changing the wireless channel on the router.
I KISS YOU!!!! That seemed to have worked pretty damn well. Can't believe I didnt think of that
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Yup, can make a huge difference, glad its working.
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