Network card dropping - how to track reason?

On 07/09/2006 Bob wrote:
WinXP Home

I have a Linksys PCMCIA wireless network card in my laptop.
Periodically it drops out - that is the link light/activity lights
drop and it is dead. This can happen when I am actively using the
system. If I pull it out and re-insert it, it will restart every time
within a reasonable time (10 seconds or so to start and hookup).

Is there some way to determine if this is a software or hardware
failure via WinXP? I looked in the System Log but all I see related to
this are TCPIP events that indicate normal starting of the card after
I reinsert it. There are no hardware or software failures shown.
Perhaps I need to turn something on to get this type of event recorded
?

Thanks,


You could check in the access point / router, if you can gain access to it,
with the unit's web interface.

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