Cable connection hangs/freezes

[Aerious]

I had a Motorola SB5120 that worked perfectly with a D-Link DI-524 router and a D-Link DWL-G510 wireless card for about a month. Then terror struck.

There was a small power outage where I live(West Covina, CA). The power was cut for a few seconds and then it returned. That kept happening for a few hours.

I had to reconfigure the router after the outage. I tried the connection, and it was still working fine...until about 5 minutes in. Then the connection on my 2nd computer (wireless card) froze for a few seconds. That kept happening randomly , there was no way you could tell when it was going to happen again...

So, I originally thought it was my router's fault. Found out it wasn't, scoured various forums, updated to SP2...Nothing. Nothing fixed it.

So I was wondering...How can I fix this problem? Or should I just get a new modem?

btw, I have Charter High Speed.

Thanks in advance.

[mnosteele52]

Is this just a wireless problem or an internet problem. Dlink wireless cards suck, their routers work great but the cards are terrible. If it's just a wireless problem then try a new wireless card, anything but Dlink.

:)

[Aerious]

I think it has something to do with the cable modem. I connected the computer directly into the cable modem without the router and the problem was still there on that computer.

[Aerious]

bump

[Aerious]

Whew. I've fixed it.

IEEE 802.1x authentication somehow got turned on again.

I'm only 14, these things don't come easily.

[koolaidparty]

I think you just saved me, Aerious. I found IEEE Authentication on too and I do not use wireless, I am hard-wired into the system. If you did, thanks for bringing that last post up.