Losing the static IP address on a wireless card with Vista

I am using a Belkin F5D7001uk with Version 2 firmware wireless network PCI
card connecting to a Belkin ADSL router. In the past all my networked PC's 3+
1 Laptop have connected staticaly using 192.168.2.1-6 under win XP. Recently
rolled out Vista to a PC but now getting major network issues. The network
card is supposed to use native drivers. However I get very unstable wireless
connetion to the vista PC. I have attempetd to use DHCP as well as static to
resolve the issue but not succesful. When I enter a static ip address on the
vista PC it keeps it for a few minutes then loses the Static IP address which
means I have to reconfigure the network IP address. This is not unique to
this card. I have swapped the card with one in an xp machine namely a DLink
DWL-G520. This too had the same results.
Am I missing something? I need to file share within my LAN as well as have
internet access. I am back to using the Belkin F5D7001UK version2 with Vista
and the Broadcom 802g wireless card driver native to vista however I still
keep losing the LAN IP address.

I was having problems with IP address when connecting wirelessly with
vista...this was what worked for me.

The issue is caused by a lack of a correct association on the SonicWALL
between the computer running Windows Vista and its assigned IP address.
Follow these steps to work around the issue by editing the System Registry:

Click the Start button.
Select All Programs > Accessories.
Right click Command Prompt and click Run as administrator.
Type regedit.exe and press enter.
Go to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Right click this entry and select New Dword.
Rename the new entry ArpRetryCount (leave it set to 0 by default).
Restart the computer.
Reassociate with the SonicWALL. You should notice a successful connection.


"dave5416" wrote:

> I am using a Belkin F5D7001uk with Version 2 firmware wireless network PCI
> card connecting to a Belkin ADSL router. In the past all my networked PC's 3+
> 1 Laptop have connected staticaly using 192.168.2.1-6 under win XP. Recently
> rolled out Vista to a PC but now getting major network issues. The network
> card is supposed to use native drivers. However I get very unstable wireless
> connetion to the vista PC. I have attempetd to use DHCP as well as static to
> resolve the issue but not succesful. When I enter a static ip address on the
> vista PC it keeps it for a few minutes then loses the Static IP address which
> means I have to reconfigure the network IP address. This is not unique to
> this card. I have swapped the card with one in an xp machine namely a DLink
> DWL-G520. This too had the same results.
> Am I missing something? I need to file share within my LAN as well as have
> internet access. I am back to using the Belkin F5D7001UK version2 with Vista
> and the Broadcom 802g wireless card driver native to vista however I still
> keep losing the LAN IP address.