Networking & wireless: Dropping Wi-Fi connection
Dropping Wi-Fi connection
by doofuspalooza - 6/8/09 8:52 AMI have comcast hi-speed internet. I am using a netgear WGT624 (IIRC) wireless router. I am having a strange problem. My router is in my home office which is downstairs underneath my the room in which this particular problem occurs. When I first boot up and try to connect to the wireless network, I can see the network and the signal is strong. I can connect. After several minutes of use, sometimes as long as 30 minutes, other times a little as 15 minutes, I loose the connection. I cannot reconnect. I can't even see the network as broadcasting anymore. It happens this way every time I try to use the wifi in this particular room. It happens whether I am booted in Linux or WinXP. There are probably a 8-12 wireless networks within range of this room and I can see all of them, but once I drop connection I can't see my own. What could be going on?
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Is it secure?
by R. Proffitt
- 6/8/09 11:12 AM
In reply to: Dropping Wi-Fi connection by doofuspalooza
If your wifi is not secure, or even WEP a simple child's software toy can SWAT your network connection down. The 624 is known to drop under load such as bit torrent so don't do that.
Bob
It is secure, WEP, MAC filtered. Not doing any bit torrent.
by doofuspalooza - 6/8/09 1:25 PM In reply to: Is it secure? by R. Proffitt
It is secure, WEP, MAC filtered. Not doing any bit torrent.
D
WEP and MAC filtered is not secure.
by R. Proffitt - 6/8/09 3:00 PM
In reply to: It is secure, WEP, MAC filtered. Not doing any bit torrent. by doofuspalooza
There is a child's toy (kiddie script) that can interrupt such secured networks.
For now, for today we move to WPA. Do not hide the SSID or enable MAC filters. Just stock router settings plus WPA.
Bob
It can break MAC filtering?
by doofuspalooza - 6/8/09 5:07 PM In reply to: WEP and MAC filtered is not secure. by R. Proffitt
It can break MAC filtering?
So what do I do... login to router setup... restore defaults... enable WPA? And update firmware?
D
Yes please.
by R. Proffitt - 6/8/09 5:50 PM
In reply to: It can break MAC filtering? by doofuspalooza
We have hundreds of posts about this issue. And this forum's sticky that summed it up just like you did.
-> Remember I will never reveal the swat/kiddie tool names.
I will write about SMAC (see google) and from there you can find the others.
Bob
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