54G randomly bumps wireless computers off the network.

My wireless 54G router keeps randomly bumping users off the network. The only way to gain access back to the network is to power off/on the router and then computers can reconnect and have perfect inernet access. The "randomness" of the resets is between 10 and 20 minutes.
I'm using WPA Personal ASC(?) security if that helps in diagnosing the problem.
Any ideas on how to fix this issue? Thanks in advance.
Jenkin

It sounds like you are running WPA with AES.
"WPA with AES" = WPA2
In order to run WPA2 you should note the following:
1) make sure you have the latest drivers for your wireless adapters.
2) Windows XP requires a patch to run WPA2. Go to Microsoft Knowledge base, article ID=893357 and it will direct you to the patch.
Sadly, the patch is not part of the automatic Windows XP updates, so lots of people are missing the patch.
Also, are you using any fixed LAN IP addresses on your system? If so, they should be outside your DHCP server range. Otherwise it could cause the random disconnects that you mentioned.
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 06-13-200711:59 PM

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