T60 - WLAN regularly loses connection to access point

Hi,
my T60, Windows Vista with
ThinkPad 802.11a/b/g/n, 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter
WLAN driver version 05 Nov 2007, v7.3.1.127
WPA authentification
regularly (i.e. once every 15 min) loses the connection to the access point for some seconds.
I already tried different access points, different encryption, different WLAN channels, but nothing helped.
So the cause seems to be the WLAN adapter of my T60 or the driver.
I am using the latest driver. As far as I remember, I did not experience this issue on Windows XP.
Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem? It's quite annoying.
Thanks! Best regards,
Daniel

Hi lwoxen,We apologize about the inconveniences, but I would be glad to assist. One thing worth trying is changing the wireless channel on the Cisco WAP.To do this, just login to your U-verse gateway by going to http://192.168.1.254. From there you should see a list of all the devices connected, and you just want to choose the details on the Cisco AP. It should give you an IP Address. From there, type that IP address into your browser. It should ask you for a user name and password:User: ATTadminPass: 401!VENFrom there go to the wireless options and change the Control Channel option to one of the 4 channels. I would suggest trying 36.Let us know if that works. Also, I will be sending you a private message, so if you do have any further problems, you have a direct point of contact.

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