WRT54G Intermittent transmission/reception?

In very simplest terms:

I have a Linksys WRT54G up-and-running just fine on my XP PC. But, the two
XP laptops I am trying to set up on a wireless network only intermittently
"find" the network. I can "Refresh Network List" as many times as I like,
but only occasionally will either laptop find the network and, by the time I've
tried entering the appropriate network key, it would seem that the
connection is lost again.

Any suggestions?

Ellis

Jill & Ellis wrote:
> In very simplest terms:
>
> I have a Linksys WRT54G up-and-running just fine on my XP PC. But,
> the two XP laptops I am trying to set up on a wireless network only
> intermittently "find" the network. I can "Refresh Network List" as
> many times as I like, but only occasionally will either laptop find
> the network and, by the
> time I've tried entering the appropriate network key, it would seem
> that the connection is lost again.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Ellis

Broadcast SSID if not currently doing so. What is the other OS and
wireless NICs?

Q

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In <dlqrmv$nqh$03$(E-Mail Removed)> on Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:01:04 +0100,
"Jill & Ellis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In very simplest terms:
>
>I have a Linksys WRT54G up-and-running just fine on my XP PC. But, the two
>XP laptops I am trying to set up on a wireless network only intermittently
>"find" the network. I can "Refresh Network List" as many times as I like,
>but only occasionally will either laptop find the network and, by the time I've
>tried entering the appropriate network key, it would seem that the
>connection is lost again.
>
>Any suggestions?

Possible interference. See:

"Minimizing 802.11 Interference Issues" at
<http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/953511>.

"Stop the interference!"
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2004/0816wizards.html>

--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

John Navas wrote:
> [POSTED TO alt.internet.wireless - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <dlqrmv$nqh$03$(E-Mail Removed)> on Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:01:04 +0100,
> "Jill & Ellis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>In very simplest terms:
>>
>>I have a Linksys WRT54G up-and-running just fine on my XP PC. But, the two
>>XP laptops I am trying to set up on a wireless network only intermittently
>>"find" the network. I can "Refresh Network List" as many times as I like,
>>but only occasionally will either laptop find the network and, by the time I've
>>tried entering the appropriate network key, it would seem that the
>>connection is lost again.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>
>
> Possible interference. See:
>
> "Minimizing 802.11 Interference Issues" at
> <http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/953511>.
>
> "Stop the interference!"
> <http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2004/0816wizards.html>

Is the signal strength "Good" or better?

If not try http://www.freeantennas.com/

This fixed my intermittent problem

In article <dlqrmv$nqh$03$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> In very simplest terms:
>
> I have a Linksys WRT54G up-and-running just fine on my XP PC. But, the two
> XP laptops I am trying to set up on a wireless network only intermittently
> "find" the network. I can "Refresh Network List" as many times as I like,
> but only occasionally will either laptop find the network and, by the time I've
> tried entering the appropriate network key, it would seem that the
> connection is lost again.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Ellis
>
>
>
I have two wrt54g's by the way and they were really killing me. Sounds
like interference to me also, I bought some new 5.5 dbi antennas and
replaced the 3 dbi antennas it comes with now. I get access all the way
down the street. Here is the antenna I am talking about.

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/hg2405rd_rtp.php <- $20 plus shipping
and your problem is solved.

Hope this helps.

See ya later

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:12:00 GMT, Philip <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is the signal strength "Good" or better?
>
>If not try http://www.freeantennas.com/
>
>This fixed my intermittent problem


Would those antennae go on the router end of things, or on the
recipient's external USB antenna?

The router is owned by the Town Hall, but pushes a signal out for
villagers' use. Sometimes the signal is quite low. The DLink external
USB on the recipients' computer is on a 5 metre USB cable on a pole on
the roof that can be rotated, encased on three sides and above within
a small box (the open side facing the council's antenna, of course.

Tristán White wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:12:00 GMT, Philip <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>Is the signal strength "Good" or better?
>>
>>If not try http://www.freeantennas.com/
>>
>>This fixed my intermittent problem
>
>
>
> Would those antennae go on the router end of things, or on the
> recipient's external USB antenna?
>
> The router is owned by the Town Hall, but pushes a signal out for
> villagers' use. Sometimes the signal is quite low. The DLink external
> USB on the recipients' computer is on a 5 metre USB cable on a pole on
> the roof that can be rotated, encased on three sides and above within
> a small box (the open side facing the council's antenna, of course.

They will work at either. The recipient and the router. You can put one
on both at the same time too.

In my situation I have it on the router only.