hero wifi dropping out

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Is anyone else having issues with the WiFi stalling and having to reset it, even though signal strength shows as excellent?

It's not a channel interference issue as I know what channels are in use, plus its doing the same on 3 different networks where other devices work fine, I'm using WiFi fixer to reconnect but its still problematic.

What have others found to be the best solution?

Samme issue here. Wifi keeps on disconnecting/loosing the connection and is most of the time unable to reconnect. Have to either turn wifi off/on or choose "forget" and reconfigure the AP my Hero in order to get it to work again.

It´s a Linksys WRT54GX running WPA/WPA2 + TKIP.

Have used an iPhone 3G on the same router for a year now without ´any´ problems.

I'm using WiFi quite often but I don't have this problem with my Hero.

Are you absolutely sure that there isn't any interference? It might be that the Hero is just a bit more sensitive than your iphone.

Today I found G-mon at Market which scans around for WiFi-networks. Perhaps you'll find out that there is a network that's interfering constantly. I've had that a few years ago and then found out that the bus-company uses WiFi on their busses which uses the same channel as I did with my WiFi-network.

Thx for the tip. Checked and no interference.

Also having this problem with a Linksys WRT54G. No WPA though.

I don't trust this router at all; using WPA and connecting a Dell Axim X51v to it in the past used to knock out WLAN on router, needing a hard reset.

same problem here. Wifi is disconnecting randomly within a few meters from the Airport extreme. It also reconnects again...most of the time....without me doing anything.

i'm also having problems with wifi - using a linksys befw11s4 with wep. i've got everythign else turned off - have followed all the instructions i can find here in the forums, and not had any success :/

If you press the Menu button in the Wifi settings you can select Advanced. There's an option there that defines when Wifi is disconnected. If you set this to Never than the Wifi connection will be stable. (At least in my case it is).

Again, thx for the tip but this is not really considered a "solution" but rather a workaround.

I don't like the idea of having it on "allways on". A real battery drainer and it shouldn't be necessary.

I had similar issues with my wifi (Linksys WRT160NL) until I installed "Wifi Fixer" from the market on my hero. Since then wifi runs without problems!