Any wireless wizards out there?
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Got a problem that is driving me nuts!
Got a wireless router that myself, my wife and my daughter all connect wirelessly to - 2 IBM Laptops and a Mac laptop. All fine and dandy up until last week when my laptop would drop the connection; it would come back almost straight away until after a few days I would have to reset the router. Now though my laptop will not connect to it at all, moreover it refuses to even see it when I search.
Both the other laptops connect fine and have good strong signal, mine will connect to wireless networks at work and any BT Openzone network without issue.
I can connect to router via ethernet cable and the config is fine, all 3 machine configured for access with MAC Address filtering. No changes made to any settings prior to failure and running latest firmware. Why should it just stop connecting!!!
Got a wireless router that myself, my wife and my daughter all connect wirelessly to - 2 IBM Laptops and a Mac laptop. All fine and dandy up until last week when my laptop would drop the connection; it would come back almost straight away until after a few days I would have to reset the router. Now though my laptop will not connect to it at all, moreover it refuses to even see it when I search.
Both the other laptops connect fine and have good strong signal, mine will connect to wireless networks at work and any BT Openzone network without issue.
I can connect to router via ethernet cable and the config is fine, all 3 machine configured for access with MAC Address filtering. No changes made to any settings prior to failure and running latest firmware. Why should it just stop connecting!!!
Anything that could be causing interference nearby? Cordless phones, bluetooth devices, video senders and microwave ovens all cause radio interference on the same frequency (2.4Ghz). You could also try changing the channel number on the router, or positioning it somewhere else, the higher the better. Also try setting it to 802.11b mode... I find WIFI tends to work better at lower speeds if there's interference or range issues
Channel is set to Auto but even changing it didn't make a difference, nor did slowing the router down to a B.
Funnily enough though all of a sudden it appeared it did want to work wirelessly and so here I am cable free again!
Will check powersaving options and te firmware though as I don't expect it to last.
Funnily enough though all of a sudden it appeared it did want to work wirelessly and so here I am cable free again!
Will check powersaving options and te firmware though as I don't expect it to last.
Edited by .Mark on Monday 16th October 17:00
.Mark said:
Channel is set to Auto but even changing it didn't make a difference, nor did slowing the router down to a B.
Funnily enough though all of a sudden it appeared it did want to work wirelessly and so here I am cable free again!
Will check powersaving options and te firmware though as I don't expect it to last.
Funnily enough though all of a sudden it appeared it did want to work wirelessly and so here I am cable free again!
Will check powersaving options and te firmware though as I don't expect it to last.
Edited by .Mark on Monday 16th October 17:00
My second stab-in-the-dark would be the DHCP server... is the router giving out addresses properly? i've had several Wifi routers in past have DHCP servers that break after a few weeks of uptime... That is assuming your wifi'ed devices "obtain address automatically".
To be honest guys it could be any of these settings but what really puzzles me is that it has behaved faultlessly for 2 years!
I did think abou the lease times and will check them, and with the IP addresses it always allocates the same one to each machine I think.
Will bear it all in mind but as it's working at the moment I will just ype with crossed fingers!!
I did think abou the lease times and will check them, and with the IP addresses it always allocates the same one to each machine I think.
Will bear it all in mind but as it's working at the moment I will just ype with crossed fingers!!
Well it lasted almost 40 mins before dropping wireless connection again.
I was watching the connection software and the speed dropped and dropped and then it lost contact, then picked it up again before dropping again and loosing contact for good. All this time the Channel ID was changing around, mean anything to you clever guys?
I was watching the connection software and the speed dropped and dropped and then it lost contact, then picked it up again before dropping again and loosing contact for good. All this time the Channel ID was changing around, mean anything to you clever guys?
Just an update if anyone cares.
Wireless was working fine for the past week, then wife laptop started dropping offline. Came back from a weeks holiday and mine wouldn't connect, took a look at the router and all the lights were off - dead as a Dodo, guess it was giving me early warning
Anyway, not amused as had 250 odd emails - with all their attachments to down load over dial up!
New router no operational - Phew!
Wireless was working fine for the past week, then wife laptop started dropping offline. Came back from a weeks holiday and mine wouldn't connect, took a look at the router and all the lights were off - dead as a Dodo, guess it was giving me early warning
Anyway, not amused as had 250 odd emails - with all their attachments to down load over dial up!
New router no operational - Phew!
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