Windows Vista forgets wireless devices and computers

I have a Toshiba Laptop running Vista and a Dell with Xp on a wireless
network . A Brother MFC 6490CW is also connected over wlan.

Everything works great when I start Vista, but after 10-15 min, Vista
forgets both the XP machine and the wireless printer.

If you log out and back in, or reboot everything is there again...for
10-15 minutes.

What did I do wrong???

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Hi
Make sure that the Wireless cards are set to get out of Sleep on Network
traffic (or disable their Power Saving state).
Also give the network Printer a static IP so it is always in the same
Network address.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

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> I have a Toshiba Laptop running Vista and a Dell with Xp on a wireless
> network . A Brother MFC 6490CW is also connected over wlan.
>
> Everything works great when I start Vista, but after 10-15 min, Vista
> forgets both the XP machine and the wireless printer.
>
> If you log out and back in, or reboot everything is there again...for
> 10-15 minutes.
>
> What did I do wrong???
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
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Jack,

I did give the printer a static IP, the whole node thing didnt work.
Now I hope you excuse my stupidity, but where do I set the network card
sleepy thing??

thanks,


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