Router issues.

I have 2 pcs (1 xp, and the other win 7 64 bit) hardwired into 2 of the 4 ports on the back of my Linksys WRT54G router. Everytime I log onto the Windows 7 pc, it knocks my wireless out. A simple reboot fixes the issue but this is getting old quick. My theory is that maybe 7 is searching for IP version 6, thus knocking out my wifi. Anybody else seeing this or are these just hints that my trusty blue box is ready to call it quits?
any thoughts?

I've got the same router and have experienced the same situation. I've got a desktop hardwired and a laptop on wifi. Right now I have the desktop running XP Pro and the laptop on Win7 64. Everything is working OK after rebooting the router. When I had the desktop on Win7 64 and the laptop on Vista, I had to reboot the router for the laptop to get back on the network.

This evening I will boot the desktop to Win7 and with the laptop on Win7 see if the router craps out again. On my router it has only been the wifi that seems to get hosed.

As with you, its just the wireless that drops ...but after a reboot of the router it's fine. It IS Win 7 thats knocking it off.
I have 2 vista laptops and 1 xp laptop that use the wireless. These are all fine when I use the XP desktop I have hardwired into one of the ports. The wireless only drops when I boot up the Win 7 desktop I also have hardwired in.

Let me know your results
thanks

Well, tonight I booted the desktop to Win7 and everything is working fine. Laptop and desktop, both running Win7 64 are accessing the router without issue.

Maybe the initial couple of resets got the router up to speed. Doesn't really make a whole lot of sense, I know.

When the desktop only was Win7 and laptop Vista I had to reset the router. When I set the laptop up on Win7 and the desktop was Win7 everything worked at first then I lost the router. Reset it, booted desktop to XP, leaving laptop Win7 and everything is working normally since.

I also have a linksys wrt54g version 8 with the orginal firmware router and have the same error it would seem. I notice that after a few hours of wireless usage that my signal strength drops to one bar and then if you reboot no wireless connection will work until the router is rebooted.

I think I may have fixed the issue: on both the wireless and wired connection I unchecked the IPv6 protocol. I streamed overnight www.wgow.com fm side and it is still working. I will cruiz the net and see if it still works....

Mine is version 6. When I got up this morning I had to reboot to get Wi-fi back. I don't think V6 has the IP6 option, I'll check and if it does, try disabling. Really is a strange issue.

I have no idea if this would make any difference (I don't use my wireless often), but might it be worthwhile to try installing DD-WRT/Tomato/etc on the Linksys router? I've noticed improved general network stability since loading custom firmware onto my router.

Does tomato have a disable for ip v6?...the reason for asking is because the ip v6 interference with wireless is just a theory, plus Vista had ip v6 capabilities but did not have this same problem with this specific router. so what changed in 7 network structure or sequence that is causing this scenario. what I'm looking for is to either prove or disprove...thanks in advance

Originally Posted by kevin from Chi-town

Does tomato have a disable for ip v6?...the reason for asking is because the ip v6 interference with wireless is just a theory, plus Vista had ip v6 capabilities but did not have this same problem with this specific router. so what changed in 7 network structure or sequence that is causing this scenario. what I'm looking for is to either prove or disprove...thanks in advance

well ipv6 only came out in december 2008 so its too new... i disabled it on both the wired and wireless after a fresh install. I also think that as long as we do not turn on and remove the battery and cmos battery then we can not get any virus or hacking done to out computers. the best defense is not to use a pc at all.

My version of the WRT54G doesn't even have IPv6 capability.