N97 unstable WLAN connection.

I've always had a niggling problem with N97, and previous N95 8GB, in which home WLAN connection seems to time out if left idle for few mins. Phone shows WLAN connection is established throughout, it's just not retrieving data. I can browse page to page, but if I leave a page open for a while the browser won't retrieve new page when requested, just sticks on connecting or get no gateway reply. If homescreen widget uses WLAN it stops updating. Last night I had downloaded a programme with iPlayer, when I checked it had completed I was asked to download the licence key, but as download had finished few mins before it stuck on connecting when attempting to retrieve it. Had to open file in RealPlayer, then download key when prompted.
As you can imagine this can get frustrating at times, especially when I'm in a hurry. I need to close the app/connection, wait a minute, then reconnect. It's not a native browser specific problem as I get same behaviour with Opera Mini, YouTube app, etc.
I'm not sure whether problem is with N97 or router, if I can rule out phone I can concentrate on investigating elsewhere. I've altered the router DHCP pool for static IP on PC, not sure if/how that would affect phone connectivity with WAN. IP address and DNS addresses are default set to automatic in phone for my WLAN. But as I say there's no problem connecting, it's that if it's not active for short time it won't get active again without reconnecting.
Any ideas/comments?

You can try turning off the power saving in the advaced settings of WLAN on your N97.
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Me again, sorry: Since I own the N97, it happens very often, that it looses the WLAN connection at my home network, without any reason. The icon remains, when I point to it, it says that it found the network, but when I choose connect, it doesn't work. I always have to restart the device, then it works ok, maybe for more than one day, but suddenly - again it stops working, but I cannot see any action from my side which causes this.
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What message do you get? Look for running apps in the background that uses WLAN. What puzzels me, is why it's getting worse after hours. Look if the phone is registered (MAC address) in the router or AP.
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hmmm...
how about checking both your wired and wireless nic drivers in device manager to make sure that the "allow computer to turn off this device to save power" checkbox on the power management tab is deselected.
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