> I have a dell D6000 laptop.  XPSP3, AVG, ZoneAlarm, Windows Defender.
> The wireless is usually connected.  But now and then I just see a popup
> saying its connected.   I never see the status go off, just see it
> "connected".
> But then now and then the pop up shows, not connected.   And it won't
> automatically (though its set to) reconnect.
> I can open the dialog and click my router and say connect, it will
> prompt me for the ****** key and I just okay it and it plays a bit,
> acquires network address, and is connected.   Just like I want it to.
> But I've tried waiting for 30 minutes and it won't do it on its own.  I
> have to sometimes prompt it.     Tonight I got a dong, and a note saying
> "adapter problems" and it pointed to the wireless adapter.   (built in
> by the way).
>
> Any ideas?   If it did it more than 1 time in 3 days I'd be a bit concerned.