The internet connection on my windows xp machine connected wirelessly
to my netgear mr814 router drops off if the computer is left idle for
a short amount of time, perhaps 20-30 mins and fails to re-establish
itself. I must re-set the modem and router for it to re-establish
itself.

Incidentally, i've discovered if i just run ping tests all day long
say set the -n to 10 million or whatever, the connection stays on
when
am away from the computer, i guess the ping tests are keeping the
router busy so it doesn't drop off, I'm not sure exactly what all of
this means, but it is a minor annoyance.


Read some posts about adjusting the 'idle timeout' from default 5 to
0
mins in the router settings, but tried this and it hasn't fixed it,
have contacted netgear but have not heard back from them yet on it.
Router is using up to date firmware.


The wired machine can run all connected to the wired-portion of the
router and be left idle
for any length of time and still stay connected, it's only the one
connected wirelessly this happens to. If i sit and work at the
wireless machine constantly the connection seems ok for as long as
I'm
working but if i stand up for a while and come back it has often lost
the connection, it is not due to signal strength of the router, that
is fine

Help would be appreaciated, Paul