wireless spikes

[-KJ-]

Hey, I get spikes with my linksys WMP11 wireless B card like ever 45-60 seconds (This is on XP). I am guessing it is because thats when it searches for a signal, anyone got any ideas for fixing this??!

 

[Gil]

Host thread: http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=261376

One of the techs in our IT department at school was telling me about a problem similar to what some of you are describing. Aparently Windows XP has a service (in your services.msc I think) that reauthenticates/reconnects with a wireless network every 45-60 seconds. For networks with any form of authentication this means that you are often disconnected for 2-5 seconds or so. In addition, windows has to search for the connection again.

Unfortunately, it was just mentioned to me briefly so I forget the name of the service. If you can find it though, disabling it won't hurt anything.

I think the name of the service is Wireless Zero Configuration. I only tested briefly, but it seems to clear up the problem. Here's a link to another board post about it: http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/16977.html It seems like it might not be a great idea to disable it permanently, but disabling once it's configured your card seems fine.

edit: "net stop wzcsvc" at the command line stops the service