Originally Posted by t31ryt

sounds like the desktop then as abouve if it was the router then bootin the pc wouldnt sort the router.....another thing to try is logon to the router and assighn a stattic IP as instead of relying on DHCP....is the desktop cat 5'd to the router? have u got wirless phones in the house as sometimes they both use channel 11 and that can drop some wireless cards