How to keep it up? . . . WiFi network, that is.

[Buzz]

our old D-Link DI-614+ wireless b router that has been acting up intermittently finally got bad enough I had to pull it off the network, and replaced it w/ a D-Link DI-624M wireless super g router that I've been too lazy to configure; until now. the 624 works noticeably better once the connection is made, but I'm having flashbacks to the days of ISDN. to wit; if a hard wired computer hooked up to the 624 and is surfing the net, all is fine, if Mrs. Buzz's XP laptop is the first machine to hook into the 624 wirelessly, the 624 doesn't seem to want to push the traffic out to the net through the Xyzel DSL router/modem. back in the ISDN days, there was a setting to keep the connection up, but I can't find anything similar for the 624. the older, slower 614 did make the connection when Mrs. Buzz's laptop was the first wireless device to the party. I really don't want to leave a hard wired computer on all the time to push packets through so the laptop can connect, and since it's an old unit already, D-Link stopped supporting the 624 last year, so they're no help.

I've used substitute routers in the past when the 614 got wiggy, and have been able to reset and update firmware, etc. on the 614 to resurrect it and keep it in use all these years, but have not gotten around to trying that again, and given that the 624 works so much better when the connection is up, I'd like to figure out a way to keep it up 24/7... so please bring on your wireless electronic viagra tips and techniques to solve this problem w/ the 624. thanks,

Buzz
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