What's Wrong?

There are 2 PCs on the home network. One has a SMC wireless network
card. The other directly connects a SMC DSL wireless router that
connects to a DSL modem. The setup has been done successfully 4 times.
The Internet connection was OK after each time setup but it only
lasted between 3 days to 3 weeks, and then it stopped working. The
setup has to be performed again. Does anybody have any idea? Thanks.

"Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> escreveu na mensagem
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> There are 2 PCs on the home network. One has a SMC wireless network
> card. The other directly connects a SMC DSL wireless router that
> connects to a DSL modem. The setup has been done successfully 4 times.
> The Internet connection was OK after each time setup but it only
> lasted between 3 days to 3 weeks, and then it stopped working. The
> setup has to be performed again. Does anybody have any idea? Thanks.

Try to disable uPNP feature in your wireless router

Can you describe your settings in greater detail?

What mode is the WAP in?
Do you have any encryption or MAC filtering enabled?
Is SSID broadcast enabled or disabled?

What is the Client OS?
What client software are you using?
How is the client setup?

Try NetStumbler to measure signal strength.


"Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> There are 2 PCs on the home network. One has a SMC wireless network
> card. The other directly connects a SMC DSL wireless router that
> connects to a DSL modem. The setup has been done successfully 4 times.
> The Internet connection was OK after each time setup but it only
> lasted between 3 days to 3 weeks, and then it stopped working. The
> setup has to be performed again. Does anybody have any idea? Thanks.

SMC Router: SMC2404VBR
SMC WIRELESS CARD: SMC2402W
SETUP ALL DEFAULT
No encryption and no MAC filtering

Client OS: Windows 98 SE
Client software: the wireless card driver from SMC
Client setup: get IP from DHCP server on SMC router


"Jim Orfanakos" <jim@-nospam-orfanakos.com> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Can you describe your settings in greater detail?
>
> What mode is the WAP in?
> Do you have any encryption or MAC filtering enabled?
> Is SSID broadcast enabled or disabled?
>
> What is the Client OS?
> What client software are you using?
> How is the client setup?
>
> Try NetStumbler to measure signal strength.
>
>
> "Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > There are 2 PCs on the home network. One has a SMC wireless network
> > card. The other directly connects a SMC DSL wireless router that
> > connects to a DSL modem. The setup has been done successfully 4 times.
> > The Internet connection was OK after each time setup but it only
> > lasted between 3 days to 3 weeks, and then it stopped working. The
> > setup has to be performed again. Does anybody have any idea? Thanks.

SMC Router: SMC2404VBR
SMC WIRELESS CARD: SMC2402W
SETUP ALL DEFAULT
No encryption and no MAC filtering

Client OS: Windows 98 SE
Client software: the wireless card driver from SMC
Client setup: get IP from DHCP server on SMC router


"Jim Orfanakos" <jim@-nospam-orfanakos.com> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Can you describe your settings in greater detail?
>
> What mode is the WAP in?
> Do you have any encryption or MAC filtering enabled?
> Is SSID broadcast enabled or disabled?
>
> What is the Client OS?
> What client software are you using?
> How is the client setup?
>
> Try NetStumbler to measure signal strength.
>
>
> "Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > There are 2 PCs on the home network. One has a SMC wireless network
> > card. The other directly connects a SMC DSL wireless router that
> > connects to a DSL modem. The setup has been done successfully 4 times.
> > The Internet connection was OK after each time setup but it only
> > lasted between 3 days to 3 weeks, and then it stopped working. The
> > setup has to be performed again. Does anybody have any idea? Thanks.