Wireless drops...Usu. when viewing YT vids fullscreen???

[DrZDO]

There are two notebooks in this house using a wireless connection to a Belkin G router/cable modem. ONE of these PCs loses the internet connection seemingly at random (Could be after 5 min or 24 hours), but I've noticed that it almost always loses it when I view a YouTube video maximized to Fullscreen.

-It's a Dell Inspiron E1705 w/Vista, all updated.

-Connection status changes to "Connected with Limited Access" (No internet).

-A restart of the computer fixes this, but nothing else seems to. If I try to disable the wireless device, the computer hangs (It never disables it during the problem).

-I've changed every setting I know of on the PC and router every way possible, and nothing seems to change the frequency of the issue. (SSID/Channel/DHCP server/many other settings).

I've searched quite a bit online for similar problems/solutions, but no luck. What on Earth could be the problem?

 

[spidey07]

This also sounds like interference. But saying the computer hangs when you try to disable makes it point more towards the driver. I can't stand windows built-in wireless support so maybe try the utility for your card and make sure to completely disable windows zero config service. Or possibly you have windows zero config and the wireless utility "fighting" over each other - that would cause those kinds of symptoms of very erratic behavior as well.

 

[DrZDO]

Originally posted by: spidey07
This also sounds like interference. But saying the computer hangs when you try to disable makes it point more towards the driver. I can't stand windows built-in wireless support so maybe try the utility for your card and make sure to completely disable windows zero config service. Or possibly you have windows zero config and the wireless utility "fighting" over each other - that would cause those kinds of symptoms of very erratic behavior as well.

Thanks...Here's the device/driver:

http://i39.tinypic.com/t685tw.jpg

Any specific suggestions on a better driver/how to install it?

Edit: I'm downloading the Intel utility for the device, and will install that unless someone has a better idea.

 

[DrZDO]

Update:

I installed the Intel utility, and the problem hasn't resurfaced yet. There were additional anomalies before, like page load errors and slow access to network properties, and I haven't seen these either. So, I think it's likely the drivers were the problem, and it's fixed. I hope.

Thanks for the help, spidey.