Do all wireless adapters disconnect all the time?

[Mateo1041]

It just seems that integrated WiFi like you find on laptops is way more reliable than some USB adapter or card you plug into a desktop PC. I have a client that's on a Linksys WMP300N similar to this one:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4107JNSQKHL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

It continually disconnects and refreshes the connection which causes him to experience frequent short outages when browsing and checking email.

Would this just be a bad adapter or something else wrong, maybe even on the wireless router side of things? Every adapter they've had (on multiple PCs) has seemed pretty flaky (Linksys and Netgear). Am I just not getting the right hardware or are adapters always like this?

 

[PohTayToez]

I have three Netgear USB wireless adapters that I got off of woot.com for cheap, and they all work great, so I think it's just yours.

 

[Mateo1041]

What would make a wireless adapter(s) constantly reconnect all the time, though? The wireless router not holding a signal? Some kind of wireless obstruction in the house?

 

[bomberboysk]

What would make a wireless adapter(s) constantly reconnect all the time, though? The wireless router not holding a signal? Some kind of wireless obstruction in the house?

Drivers, loose antenna, faulty card, low signal, could be lots of things.

 

[Mateo1041]

Well, can't be low signal unless something in the house is blocking it. They've had this issue with a few adapters now. Thanks, though. Will check the antenna.