[Thinkpad] T41p: wireless drops connection every 2-3 minutes

This didn't happen with the old machine (TP600 with Microsoft
802.11b PCMCIA card).

Network: Sympatico DSL
Wireless Router: Microsoft 802.11b

The router is upstairs and I'm sitting downstairs. Everything else
is physically the same as before, I'm sitting in the same chair and
the router is in the same place. Only change I made to the router
was adding the TP41p's 802.11b's MAC address for MAC filtering (I
also turned off MAC filtering for wired connections but assume
that's not relevant). I have WEP turned on.

Every 2-3 minutes the connection becomes unavailable. Almost
immediately the icon in the system tray announces that a wireless
network is available, of course it's the same network. When I
connect I get "Very Good" (5 bars). Connection lasts 2-3 minutes
and then it's lost.

The only other difference is Windows XP vs. Windows 2000. I think
this must be something in the way my wireless is configured in
WinXP and that it must be really obvious.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

andrew [awebber@wwwebbers.com]
ph 613-797-8123
fx 831-300-4097
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Received on Fri Mar 19 12:08:06 2004