My Wireless connection is crap...help
 

Hi, I just recently moved to a place and for some reason my wireless internet connection keeps going out on me. My dsl is fine as i never get discconnected when i plug the line into my laptop. It seems like the wireless is just having trouble staying connected, even when it's like 5 ft. away, so i don't think distance is the problem. i never had these problems before so i'm pretty sure the router is ok. Any body know what might be causing this and how to fix it?

I live in a apt. complex. and it usually disconnects me after an hour or 2.
Thanks.

Re: My Wireless connection is crap...help
 

There could be a lot of interference from appliances all over the complex.

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There could be a lot of interference from appliances all over the complex.

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ok, anyway to work around this?

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There could be a lot of interference from appliances all over the complex.

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ok, anyway to work around this?

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change the wireless setting channel from 6 (usually the default) to...oh....say, 11.

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Do you have a signal strength meter that shows you your signal?

Do you have "other" connections stealing your bandwidth?
Log into your router to mnake sure no one is sharing your connection also. This will slow you down.

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There could be a lot of interference from appliances all over the complex.

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ok, anyway to work around this?

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change the wireless setting channel from 6 (usually the default) to...oh....say, 11.

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sounds good, how do you do this?
i'm not too good with this stuff.
thanks.

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Do you have a signal strength meter that shows you your signal?

Do you have "other" connections stealing your bandwidth?
Log into your router to mnake sure no one is sharing your connection also. This will slow you down.

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again....
sounds good, how do you do this?
i'm not too good with this stuff.
thanks.

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There could be a lot of interference from appliances all over the complex.

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ok, anyway to work around this?

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change the wireless setting channel from 6 (usually the default) to...oh....say, 11.

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sounds good, how do you do this?
i'm not too good with this stuff.
thanks.

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This fixed my identical problesms. Also, I changed teh SSID, and turned on my SSID Broadcast (on by default).

Freakin

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change the wireless setting channel from 6 (usually the default) to...oh....say, 11.

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sounds good, how do you do this?
i'm not too good with this stuff.
thanks.

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What is the make and model of the router you have?

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Router brand and model?
Hopefully im familar with it to give some help [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]