NETGEAR Wireless Network

Starting situation:
NETGEAR wireless signal broadcasted with out a password. Wireless
connection worked well.

What I've done so far:
1. I've changed my password to my default gateway.
2. Changed my SSID & removed the check in the box that asks if i want
to allow it to broadcast my SSID.

Haven't done:
1. Created a WEP key

Current situation:
Now about every 15 minutes or so I lose my connection consistently then
receive the following message:

Wireless network connection

Windows could not connect to this network

There might be interference between this computer and the network
access point, or the network is refusing access to this computer.

To restart the connection and try to establish full connectivity, click
repair.

If clicking repair does not restore connectivity, the problem might be
with the network, not this computer. Contact the person who manages
your network.


Then, when I click repair it says that it was unable to connect to the
network.


Anyone know what to do to remedy this problem?

Sounds like interference. See the FAQ in my sig block below.

In <(E-Mail Removed) .com> on 26 Jan 2006
10:45:25 -0800, "Michael" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Starting situation:
>NETGEAR wireless signal broadcasted with out a password. Wireless
>connection worked well.
>
>What I've done so far:
>1. I've changed my password to my default gateway.
>2. Changed my SSID & removed the check in the box that asks if i want
>to allow it to broadcast my SSID.
>
>Haven't done:
>1. Created a WEP key
>
>Current situation:
>Now about every 15 minutes or so I lose my connection consistently then
>receive the following message:
>
>Wireless network connection
>
>Windows could not connect to this network
>
>There might be interference between this computer and the network
>access point, or the network is refusing access to this computer.
>
>To restart the connection and try to establish full connectivity, click
>repair.
>
>If clicking repair does not restore connectivity, the problem might be
>with the network, not this computer. Contact the person who manages
>your network.
>
>
>Then, when I click repair it says that it was unable to connect to the
>network.
>
>
>Anyone know what to do to remedy this problem?

--
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John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FAQ_for_alt.internet.wireless>

I spoke to my friend that helped me change my SSID and everything
I've done so far and he said he believes it's a config problem
because I wasn't having any interference before. I'm currently
looking through your FAQ's, but would appreciate another suggestion
if this info shines more light on my situation.

On 26 Jan 2006 11:06:23 -0800, in alt.internet.wireless , "Michael"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I spoke to my friend that helped me change my SSID and everything
>I've done so far and he said he believes it's a config problem
>because I wasn't having any interference before. I'm currently
>looking through your FAQ's, but would appreciate another suggestion
>if this info shines more light on my situation.

There's a known fault with some APs and cards that means they lose
connection if the SSID is hidden. Try re-enabling SSID broadcast, it
doesn't buy much extra security anyway.
Mark McIntyre
--
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
--Brian Kernighan

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Mark McIntyre wrote:
> On 26 Jan 2006 11:06:23 -0800, in alt.internet.wireless , "Michael"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>I spoke to my friend that helped me change my SSID and everything
>>I've done so far and he said he believes it's a config problem
>>because I wasn't having any interference before. I'm currently
>>looking through your FAQ's, but would appreciate another suggestion
>>if this info shines more light on my situation.
>
>
> There's a known fault with some APs and cards that means they lose
> connection if the SSID is hidden. Try re-enabling SSID broadcast, it
> doesn't buy much extra security anyway.
> Mark McIntyre

The benefits :=) of SSID hiding are well presented in the
"SSID Hiding" paragraph at
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43
--David

Alright - I've read about interference and I've read how trying to hide
your SSID doesen't do anything and then tried several times to generate
a WEP keeping the default NETGEAR SSID and changing the SSID to a
custom name. I've tried creating the WEP while broadcasting the SSID
and I've tried creating the WEP not broadcasting the SSID.

I know that it's not interference because the wireless signal works
great at the default setting just as things are.

All the things I'm trying isn't getting me where I want to be; and
that's just to have a secure wireless signal.

As far as options to set up my WEP:

Authentication is either: Automatic, Open System or Shared Key
Encription Strenght options are: Disable, 64 bit or 128 bit

Then below that for the key's there is a passphrase with a generate
button and then 4 Keys that get populated once I enter the passphrase.


No matter what I do say .. set the SSID to banana, with the United
States as the Region, Channel 11, b and g modes. Allowing broadcast -
Setting a passphrase.

Once I go through all that - the connection is no longer consistently
at 54 Mbps like it is when it's at the default facotry settings - and
beyond that several times I lock myself out of the network and have to
restore the factory settings. I've gone through this more than a
handful of times.

Any suggestions?