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      02-03-2006, 06:12 PM
I'm in an office suite with several other tenants. All of us have
wireless routers of different brands, and different ages (mine's less
than a year old). There was no problem until about a week or so ago,
when suddenly none of us could access our wireless routers. However,
the wired portions of the routers work fine for all of us.

I changed my wireless channel to 5 rather than 6, and now can at least
access it intermittently from my office systems, but this did not work
on the other routers in the building. None of the other routers in the
building even show up on the list of available wireless networks, even
though they had previously. My router displays as available, but when I
try to access it from other tenants' machines, I can't (it just keeps
trying to connect and finally failing).

The local ISP (who serves all of us) indicates no problem on their end,
and the fact that the routers work when we use cables rather than
wireless makes me believe they're correct. I checked my router's log,
and it shows no entries in the "incoming" section, even though I do
(intermittently) connect to my wireless, and tried to connect via the
other tenants' systems.

No one has changed any settings to my knowledge (and in fact, I doubt
most of the other tenants would know how), and there's been no massive
EMP, solar flares, or sunspots that I'm aware of (grin). So has anyone
else seen something like this, or have any suggestions? I'm using a
Linksys, but as I said, other tenants are using different brands and
experiencing the same issue.

Thanks in advance,

JD

 
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William P.N. Smith
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      02-03-2006, 06:57 PM
"JD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I changed my wireless channel to 5 rather than 6


Try one of the three non-overlapping channels {1,6,11}, sounds like
you have a new interference source in the building.
 
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      02-03-2006, 08:27 PM
That was it. I tried 11, which knocked out my signal entirely --
couldn't see it anywhere. Then tried 1, and now both I and the tenant
next door can access. I've let the others in the building know to
change the channel on their routers. Thanks!

JD

 
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      02-03-2006, 08:27 PM
That was it. I tried 11, which knocked out my signal entirely --
couldn't see it anywhere. Then tried 1, and now both I and the tenant
next door can access. I've let the others in the building know to
change the channel on their routers. Thanks!

JD

 
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Alan White
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      02-04-2006, 08:25 PM
It may also be a 2.4 GHz cordless phone knocking out the signal. The phone
and wireless both operate on 2.4 GHz

"JD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm in an office suite with several other tenants. All of us have
> wireless routers of different brands, and different ages (mine's less
> than a year old). There was no problem until about a week or so ago,
> when suddenly none of us could access our wireless routers. However,
> the wired portions of the routers work fine for all of us.
>
> I changed my wireless channel to 5 rather than 6, and now can at least
> access it intermittently from my office systems, but this did not work
> on the other routers in the building. None of the other routers in the
> building even show up on the list of available wireless networks, even
> though they had previously. My router displays as available, but when I
> try to access it from other tenants' machines, I can't (it just keeps
> trying to connect and finally failing).
>
> The local ISP (who serves all of us) indicates no problem on their end,
> and the fact that the routers work when we use cables rather than
> wireless makes me believe they're correct. I checked my router's log,
> and it shows no entries in the "incoming" section, even though I do
> (intermittently) connect to my wireless, and tried to connect via the
> other tenants' systems.
>
> No one has changed any settings to my knowledge (and in fact, I doubt
> most of the other tenants would know how), and there's been no massive
> EMP, solar flares, or sunspots that I'm aware of (grin). So has anyone
> else seen something like this, or have any suggestions? I'm using a
> Linksys, but as I said, other tenants are using different brands and
> experiencing the same issue.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> JD
>



 
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