General Wireless Help

DrinkWater · 08-24-2008, 12:49 PM

I'm having trouble trying to get my computer connected to my home's wireless network. Right now I'm running my SBC DSL through a Linksys router (WRT300N), and about 6 other computers in my home are connecting to it just fine.

My personal desktop has a wireless card built in to its motherboard. For a while it was working decently; it was a little slow and at times it would disconnect, but it still got the job done. Recently I started messing around with my settings for BitTorrent. I set up a static IP and forwarded some ports in my firewall and router. At first this had no effect on my connection. About a day or so later, I noticed that I was disconnecting more frequently, and now I can't connect to the network at all. I've tried a number of things to try and fix this. I turned off the static IP, reinstalled the wireless card drivers, and reset the router/modem, but nothing is working.

It seems to me that there are more people asking questions here than giving answers. I realize this problem seems pretty vague, and I'm not opposed to helping myself. I just need to be pointed in the right direction. Is there a good guide or website out there that has a general guide to setting up networks?

**stressfreesoul** · 08-24-2008, 04:33 PM

Read this for starters. Whilst Torrents and the pidgoen-holed illegal activities that come along with it are a sore and frowned on subject here, its no good having regular disconnects.
When you say reset, do you mean turn off and on or a full hard reset with the tiny reset button?

**johnwill** · 08-24-2008, 06:49 PM

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08-24-2008, 12:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
DrinkWater Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 17 OS: Windows Vista	General Wireless Help I'm having trouble trying to get my computer connected to my home's wireless network. Right now I'm running my SBC DSL through a Linksys router (WRT300N), and about 6 other computers in my home are connecting to it just fine. My personal desktop has a wireless card built in to its motherboard. For a while it was working decently; it was a little slow and at times it would disconnect, but it still got the job done. Recently I started messing around with my settings for BitTorrent. I set up a static IP and forwarded some ports in my firewall and router. At first this had no effect on my connection. About a day or so later, I noticed that I was disconnecting more frequently, and now I can't connect to the network at all. I've tried a number of things to try and fix this. I turned off the static IP, reinstalled the wireless card drivers, and reset the router/modem, but nothing is working. It seems to me that there are more people asking questions here than giving answers. I realize this problem seems pretty vague, and I'm not opposed to helping myself. I just need to be pointed in the right direction. Is there a good guide or website out there that has a general guide to setting up networks?

08-24-2008, 04:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: General Wireless Help Read this for starters. Whilst Torrents and the pidgoen-holed illegal activities that come along with it are a sore and frowned on subject here, its no good having regular disconnects. When you say reset, do you mean turn off and on or a full hard reset with the tiny reset button? __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

08-24-2008, 06:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,748 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: General Wireless Help Please review the Tech Support Forum Rules & Conduct, and you'll see we provide no support for P2P applications here at TSF. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience