Webuser Forums: Two Laptops, Constant network dropouts

Hi
One house, two laptops, one belkin G+ Router - Constant network dropouts.

Im having problems with the connection to the internet. When my girlfriend talks to her parents on skype from her laptop the connection fails like clockwork every 4 and a bit minutes. When i recently used skype to talk to my girlfriend from my laptop it didn't drop out once. Same problem with internet connection. Some days there is no dropout at all from my computer and other days (like today, whilst trying to write this message!) it is dropping out 6 or 7 times in ten minutes!I have studied the network connection page and every 4 or so minutes the page which shows network connection details goes blank for around 10 to 15 seconds and status shows: Acquiring network address and then goes back to showing: Connected. This is averages every 3-4 mins! Can someone tell me why this happens? Why does it drop out so regularly and how can i fix it so that it stays connected all of the time?
All of these addresses are shown during connection: Physical address,IP Address,Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DHCP Server etc..... but they all disappear for a few seconds and then reappear a few seconds later. Every time this happens the connection to the internet is lost.
I really need your help with understanding this. Please respond.
Thanks

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