Linksys BEFW11S4 v.4 Wireless connection

Hrm, been there done that, my befw1s4 v4 is dying slowly, I know I need
to replace it but I have it temporarily fixed, but now I just have a
question.
Lately I have found that it doesn't lock up nearly as much if I disable
all port fowarding, triggering, and wireless. Also removing the
antennas helps dramatically. Today I got curious though, I was going
out to the garage to work on my car but wanted to hear my mp3's stored
on my desktop so I grabbed my laptop, enabled wireless and connected to
my router, thing is, I forgot to hook back up the antannas, yet I still
had full signal from about ten feet away where I keep my laptop. Of
course I reconnected the antennas right then so I could go to the
garage but I am wondering, is the transmission strength really that
strong or is my laptop's integrated card just that powerfull?

Atheros AR5005G integrated card on a Tohsiba Satellite L25

Any comments?

Are you sure you connecting to your router and not a neighbor's?

I see this a lot if you havn't changed your SSID. In fact it could be why
you are having wireless trouble in the first place.


"Rosco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns975ED58A4916Drosco111@69.28.186.121...
> Hrm, been there done that, my befw1s4 v4 is dying slowly, I know I need
> to replace it but I have it temporarily fixed, but now I just have a
> question.
> Lately I have found that it doesn't lock up nearly as much if I disable
> all port fowarding, triggering, and wireless. Also removing the
> antennas helps dramatically. Today I got curious though, I was going
> out to the garage to work on my car but wanted to hear my mp3's stored
> on my desktop so I grabbed my laptop, enabled wireless and connected to
> my router, thing is, I forgot to hook back up the antannas, yet I still
> had full signal from about ten feet away where I keep my laptop. Of
> course I reconnected the antennas right then so I could go to the
> garage but I am wondering, is the transmission strength really that
> strong or is my laptop's integrated card just that powerfull?
>
> Atheros AR5005G integrated card on a Tohsiba Satellite L25
>
> Any comments?

Cliff Hartle cried out

> Are you sure you connecting to your router and not a neighbor's?
>
> I see this a lot if you havn't changed your SSID. In fact it
> could be why you are having wireless trouble in the first place.
>
>
> "Rosco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns975ED58A4916Drosco111@69.28.186.121...
>> Hrm, been there done that, my befw1s4 v4 is dying slowly, I know
>> I need to replace it but I have it temporarily fixed, but now I
>> just have a question.
>> Lately I have found that it doesn't lock up nearly as much if I
>> disable all port fowarding, triggering, and wireless. Also
>> removing the antennas helps dramatically. Today I got curious
>> though, I was going out to the garage to work on my car but
>> wanted to hear my mp3's stored on my desktop so I grabbed my
>> laptop, enabled wireless and connected to my router, thing is, I
>> forgot to hook back up the antannas, yet I still had full signal
>> from about ten feet away where I keep my laptop. Of course I
>> reconnected the antennas right then so I could go to the garage
>> but I am wondering, is the transmission strength really that
>> strong or is my laptop's integrated card just that powerfull?
>>
>> Atheros AR5005G integrated card on a Tohsiba Satellite L25
>>
>> Any comments?
>
>
>

oh no, changed it along time ago my ssid is "Creative" other ssid's
in the area are "beachhouse", "linksys" and "default" it is
connecting to my "Creative"