Netgear DG834G questions

I have a PC wired to the modem/router.

I also have two laptops, one using it's own internal wireless
connector and the other using a Netgear WG111 USB connector.

Suddenly I am starting to have problems, the PC has connected fine for
most of the day with just a few outages, but both laptops have
struggled to connect and now neither of them can see the DG834G at
all, although they do see 3 other wireless networks in the area.

I have rebooted and reset the DG834G, with a short period of the
wireless working, however that's all disappeared again - any
suggestions?

In article <b3e64df1-06df-4b57-aae7-c02bbce1794b@
41g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>, 80/20 says...
> I have a PC wired to the modem/router.
>
> I also have two laptops, one using it's own internal wireless
> connector and the other using a Netgear WG111 USB connector.
>
> Suddenly I am starting to have problems, the PC has connected fine for
> most of the day with just a few outages, but both laptops have
> struggled to connect and now neither of them can see the DG834G at
> all, although they do see 3 other wireless networks in the area.
>
> I have rebooted and reset the DG834G, with a short period of the
> wireless working, however that's all disappeared again - any
> suggestions?
>
>
ITs fucked. Get another.

--
Conor

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.

In article <b3e64df1-06df-4b57-aae7-c02bbce1794b@
41g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>, 80/20
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> I have a PC wired to the modem/router.
>
> I also have two laptops, one using it's own internal wireless
> connector and the other using a Netgear WG111 USB connector.
>
> Suddenly I am starting to have problems, the PC has connected fine for
> most of the day with just a few outages, but both laptops have
> struggled to connect and now neither of them can see the DG834G at
> all, although they do see 3 other wireless networks in the area.
>
> I have rebooted and reset the DG834G, with a short period of the
> wireless working, however that's all disappeared again - any
> suggestions?
>
>
Were the other wireless networks there before, or are they new? If
they're new, or have been reconfigured, then it's quite likely to be
interference from them that's giving you problems, so you could try
changing channel or maybe relocating the router.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Conor
(E-Mail Removed) says...
>
> In article <b3e64df1-06df-4b57-aae7-c02bbce1794b@
> 41g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>, 80/20 says...
> > I have a PC wired to the modem/router.
> >
> > I also have two laptops, one using it's own internal wireless
> > connector and the other using a Netgear WG111 USB connector.
> >
> > Suddenly I am starting to have problems, the PC has connected fine for
> > most of the day with just a few outages, but both laptops have
> > struggled to connect and now neither of them can see the DG834G at
> > all, although they do see 3 other wireless networks in the area.
> >
> > I have rebooted and reset the DG834G, with a short period of the
> > wireless working, however that's all disappeared again - any
> > suggestions?
> >
> >
> ITs fucked. Get another.
>
> --
> Conor
>
> I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
>
>
But Netgear more than most. :-)

On 6 Jan, 22:39, Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> In article <b3e64df1-06df-4b57-aae7-c02bbce1794b@
> 41g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>, 80/20
> SJW....@googlemail.com says...> I have a PC wired to the modem/router.
>
> > I also have two laptops, one using it's own internal wireless
> > connector and the other using a Netgear WG111 USB connector.
>
> > Suddenly I am starting to have problems, the PC has connected fine for
> > most of the day with just a few outages, but both laptops have
> > struggled to connect and now neither of them can see the DG834G at
> > all, although they do see 3 other wireless networks in the area.
>
> > I have rebooted and reset the DG834G, with a short period of the
> > wireless working, however that's all disappeared again - any
> > suggestions?
>
> Were the other wireless networks there before, or are they new? *If
> they're new, or have been reconfigured, then it's quite likely to be
> interference from them that's giving you problems, so you could try
> changing channel or maybe relocating the router.

Yes been running on one for nearly 2 years and the other for 5 months.

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:04:30 -0800 (PST), "80/20" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> I have a PC wired to the modem/router.
>
> I also have two laptops, one using it's own internal wireless
> connector and the other using a Netgear WG111 USB connector.
>
> Suddenly I am starting to have problems, the PC has connected fine for
> most of the day with just a few outages, but both laptops have
> struggled to connect and now neither of them can see the DG834G at
> all, although they do see 3 other wireless networks in the area.
>
> I have rebooted and reset the DG834G, with a short period of the
> wireless working, however that's all disappeared again - any
> suggestions?

In my experience the wireless AP of the DG834G can shut down if it is
located too close to another radio source because of poor hardware design.
Such an interfering radio source could be a cordless telephone base or
even the WiFi client in one of those laptops. I recommend you keep a
DG834G separated from any other radio transmitter by at least 3 metres.

Tony

On 6 Jan, 22:47, "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-m...@ahjg.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:04:30 -0800 (PST), "80/20" <SJW....@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have a PC wired to the modem/router.
>
> > I also have two laptops, one using it's own internal wireless
> > connector and the other using a Netgear WG111 USB connector.
>
> > Suddenly I am starting to have problems, the PC has connected fine for
> > most of the day with just a few outages, but both laptops have
> > struggled to connect and now neither of them can see the DG834G at
> > all, although they do see 3 other wireless networks in the area.
>
> > I have rebooted and reset the DG834G, with a short period of the
> > wireless working, however that's all disappeared again - any
> > suggestions?
>
> In my experience the wireless AP of the DG834G can shut down if it is
> located too close to another radio source because of poor hardware design.
> Such an interfering radio source could be a cordless telephone base or
> even the WiFi client in one of those laptops. *I recommend you keep a
> DG834G separated from any other radio transmitter by at least 3 metres.
>
> Tony

Tony, thanks for the inspiration!

I have had the DG834G in the same place for as long as I have had it
and it hasn't suffered interference in the past, HOWEVER...

I had a Logitech wireless mouse and recently it has been using
batteries like theres no tomorrow, so I bought a Microsoft wireless
mouse and it is only since connecting that to the system that I have
been having the problems. Also the scroll wheel on the mouse seemed
reluctant to work properly.

I have now changed the channel on the DG834G and everything seems to
be working fine again, including the mouse wheel.

You live and learn!

Cheers
Steve

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 05:04:02 -0800 (PST), "80/20" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> I have had the DG834G in the same place for as long as I have had it
> and it hasn't suffered interference in the past, HOWEVER...
>
> I had a Logitech wireless mouse and recently it has been using
> batteries like theres no tomorrow, so I bought a Microsoft wireless
> mouse and it is only since connecting that to the system that I have
> been having the problems. Also the scroll wheel on the mouse seemed
> reluctant to work properly.
>
> I have now changed the channel on the DG834G and everything seems to
> be working fine again, including the mouse wheel.

Glad you have some improvement but in my experience, channel numbers were
not significant to this issue because the fault was in the front end of
the DG834G before any detection of coding or channels took place. Indeed
both DECT and USA cordless phone bases have induced this problem for me
and those were operating on quite other frequency bands. If the problem
reoccurs I suggest that physical separation is the only reliable cure.

Tony

In article <b3e64df1-06df-4b57-aae7-c02bbce1794b@
41g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> I have a PC wired to the modem/router.
>
> I also have two laptops, one using it's own internal wireless
> connector and the other using a Netgear WG111 USB connector.
>
> Suddenly I am starting to have problems, the PC has connected fine for
> most of the day with just a few outages, but both laptops have
> struggled to connect and now neither of them can see the DG834G at
> all, although they do see 3 other wireless networks in the area.
>
> I have rebooted and reset the DG834G, with a short period of the
> wireless working, however that's all disappeared again - any
> suggestions?

Change wireless channel.
--
Regards
Jon

In article
<b3e64df1-06df-4b57-aae7-(E-Mail Removed)>,
80/20 <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>I have a PC wired to the modem/router.
>
>I also have two laptops, one using it's own internal wireless
>connector and the other using a Netgear WG111 USB connector.
>
>Suddenly I am starting to have problems, the PC has connected fine for
>most of the day with just a few outages, but both laptops have
>struggled to connect and now neither of them can see the DG834G at
>all, although they do see 3 other wireless networks in the area.
>
>I have rebooted and reset the DG834G, with a short period of the
>wireless working, however that's all disappeared again - any
>suggestions?
>

You may find that your neighbour's is on the same channel and is
interfering with yours.

Change the channel and see if you keep the signal any better. If you
stick the laptop next to the unit, does it stay up?

Don C