Problems with wireless file copy - hangs during copy

Problems with wireless file copy - hangs during copy I have this problem on my home network where when I try to copy files via wireless connection, at some point the copy fails and the machine doing the copy loses connection to the network. I'm pretty much lost as to figuring out the source for the problem...
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"You may well find that something is causing your wireless network connection to drop temporarily. With most streaming protocols, they have the ability to reconnect and resume. With bufferring, you would not notice this.

Windows file copy is horribly bad at dealing with connection drops, so will usually just terminate. If you want to try to resolve this then you may need something to check for conflicts on your wireless channel. Also, dect handsets and microwave ovens can cause problems. Switching to another wifi channel may help resolve the problems. As @Col mentions, NetStumber will help you resolve these issues. Other software is available on Mac and PC. (Thanks Col, couldn't remember the name for a moment)

To get around the problem of terminating connections when copying files on Windows, look into something like teracopy or fastcopy. These have the ability to notify and retry failed files and still continue copying.

I'm not sure if there is something similar on OSX. I'm sure there will be, but don't know of anything. PathFinder does the same thing when it detects a failed connection."