I'm at the end of my rope

jessman · 04-30-2007, 08:33 PM

About twice a week, and sometimes even like 3 times a day, the wireless connection in our house will just drop. The two computers are only about 10ft apart from each other. the computer with the router hooked up to it is in one room, and my comp is in the room right across the hall from it! And when the connection drops it takes almost half an hour to freakin reestablish it!! How the hell can it not find the wireless signal when it is almost right next to the damn router!!

MoH672 · 05-01-2007, 02:01 AM

Seems like something is interfering with your wireless signal. I had this problem on my router until I discovered that whenever my neighbor picked up his wireless phone (not a cell phone, just a wireless set connected to a landline), our connection went dead. Wound up getting a new router, cause it was on the same frequency as the guys phone and couldn't and wouldn't work at the same time.

jessman · 05-01-2007, 07:59 AM

Well here is the setup I have: Zyxel ADSL modem connected to Linksys WRT54G wireless router, and my Linksys USB adapter picks up signal. Are linksys known to do this? Someone who was a cert netoworking guy told me that the router I have is the best one, so that is why I bought it

skuz · 05-01-2007, 03:10 PM

Try changing the wireless channel. There are 13, and depending on the interference, some will work better for you than others.

johnwill · 05-01-2007, 05:01 PM

13? There are only 11 in the US.

04-30-2007, 08:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
jessman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 453 OS: Vista 32 bit	I'm at the end of my rope About twice a week, and sometimes even like 3 times a day, the wireless connection in our house will just drop. The two computers are only about 10ft apart from each other. the computer with the router hooked up to it is in one room, and my comp is in the room right across the hall from it! And when the connection drops it takes almost half an hour to freakin reestablish it!! How the hell can it not find the wireless signal when it is almost right next to the damn router!!

05-01-2007, 02:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
MoH672 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 21 OS: Win Pro	Re: I'm at the end of my rope Seems like something is interfering with your wireless signal. I had this problem on my router until I discovered that whenever my neighbor picked up his wireless phone (not a cell phone, just a wireless set connected to a landline), our connection went dead. Wound up getting a new router, cause it was on the same frequency as the guys phone and couldn't and wouldn't work at the same time.

05-01-2007, 07:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
jessman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 453 OS: Vista 32 bit	Re: I'm at the end of my rope Well here is the setup I have: Zyxel ADSL modem connected to Linksys WRT54G wireless router, and my Linksys USB adapter picks up signal. Are linksys known to do this? Someone who was a cert netoworking guy told me that the router I have is the best one, so that is why I bought it

05-01-2007, 03:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
skuz Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Ubuntu (Feisty)	Re: I'm at the end of my rope Try changing the wireless channel. There are 13, and depending on the interference, some will work better for you than others.

05-01-2007, 05:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 32,581 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: I'm at the end of my rope 13? There are only 11 in the US. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience