Re: Newly wireless...

On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:45:16 +0000, Marcus Fox wrote:

> Have just put wireless on a computer for the first time and I'm having a
> few issues, it's not the router, all other computers are working fine.
> I'm just wondering if it's the adapter. Its a Linksys Wireless-G USB
> Network Adapter with SpeedBoost. Connection seems to work
> intermittently, always seems to be finding the router and usually the
> internet, but randomly drops the internet connection intermittently. I
> then have to unplug it and plug it back in again and mess around with
> configurations until it works.
>
> Ipconfig /all gives me all good when it's working, but when not has
> sometimes given me the APIPA address and sometimes the 0.0.0.0 address.
> Sometimes it just tells me that it cannot get details from the adapter
> (some error message)
>
> Are these known to be flaky? Anyone recommend something decent that
> won't keep breaking down?
>
I had a similar problem with a Linksys card in my old laptop, though this
was also with a Linksys router.

Since upgrading to Netgear router DG834G, the wireless in rock solid,
although now using the built in wireless in our now newer latops.

As a thought, try changing the wireless channel to see if that helps -
it's also possible that something else is interfering with the signal - I
believe cordless phones in proximity to wireless devices can have a
detrimental effect as they also operate using the 2.4Ghz (I think that's
the right frequency) band.

hth

Andy