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david_wilson
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May 29, 2011

WN802Tv2 stops talking to laptop and needs reboot

I've recently purchased a Netgear WN802Tv2 Access Point. I find that it needs to be rebooted several times a day to restore connectivity with an already connected laptop. To explain, connectivity i...
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david_wilson
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Jun 14, 2011
J_SysAdmin wrote:
It's not a DCHP issue is it? Have you tried correlating the time of the failure with the DHCP lease time?


Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try correlating the lease renewal time with the failure, though I've previously tried adjusting my DHCP server (which is on the ADSL 2+ modem) to non-expiring leases and it did not seem to help. :confused:

I've noticed lots of Windows 7 wireless disconnection issues across many other forums, so perhaps the issue isn't the Netgear access point, but the reboot of the access point somehow helps the situation.