zoef

I'm mainly using the unit on my boat, to connect to (unprotected) networks around harbours. And yes, every now and then the connection is broken. I found the following suggestion from Trey MacDonald in another forum:

Once installed, go to the Control Panels/Network Connections
Right-click on the USB Network Adapter and Select Properties
Click on the Configure button on the right-hand top, of the General tab
Go to the Advanced tab
Set the value of "Long Retry Count" to a higher value - The default is 7, (I used 21)
Set the value of "Short Retry Count" to a higher value - The default is 7, (I used 21)
Click OK.

That's it !

The effect of making this change, is that the adapter will retry the packets (both long and short) many more times AT THE DRIVER LEVEL before reporting an error. In many cases this will overcome poor reception or disruptive interference.

The consequence to the end-user is that the connection appears to be more reliable, because the driver is doing all of the work of repeating packets...[/i]

It worked for me.
Zoef