WLAN Extensibility Module has stopped.

Hello! First post here, did some searching and I couldn't seem to find an answer. My wireless connection is dropping anytime I have something downloading, and I mean anything, be it torrents, game clients, anything! The connection is perfect for hours and hours of internet browsing but if I turn on uTorrent or try to download a game off Steam, without fail the connection will drop (usually within a minute), and my wireless card will fail to see any networks at all. I then have to restart my laptop to regain my connection. All drivers are updated, virus scans have been run multiple times. Event Viewer gives me this error:

WLAN Extensibility Module has stopped.

Module Path: C:\Windows\system32\athihvs.dll


Why does starting a download cause my connection to crash? This is driving me crazy! Thanks in advance for any help/advice!

Please read this Microsoft article titled Wireless Connection Is Periodically Lost.

Thanks for the reply! That article was only somewhat helpful... Since I have Windows 7 the steps are a little different, so I can't seem to find where to disable IEEE. I have tried everything else however. Router has the latest firmware, all drivers are updated, all power settings are set to maximum performance. Any other ideas? Thanks again.

To disable IEEE 802.1X authentication, follow these steps:

Go to Start> Run and type in ncpa.cpl then hit Enter.

Right-click your wireless network connection, and then click Properties.

Click the Wireless Networks tab

Under Preferred networks, click your wireless network, and then click Properties.

Click the Authentication tab, click to clear the Enable IEEE 802.1X authentication for this network check box, and then click OK two times.