Networking & wireless: Home wireless network connection getting intermittent connections, help!
- 9/4/09 2:43 PM
Use 117 Volt house wiring
by LionsMike - 8/31/09 12:11 PM In reply to: This is probably a hardware issue ..... by WatzmanYou can now purchase 2 units for about $100.00 which plug into your house wiring and cat5 RJ45 cables to allow you to use the 117 volt wiring in your home to connect a computerthrough a router or just use a crossover cable and connect two computers without a router. these are new and I have not heard any feedback good or bad yet.
Use 117 Volt house wiring-new ?
by alias Winston Smith - 9/5/09 7:14 AM In reply to: Use 117 Volt house wiring by LionsMikeInterlogis PassPort has been out since at least 2002 to utilise household wiring..
The older system used serial ports to link computers.
The technology has improved but it isn't new
Totally Agree
by EscapePod - 9/4/09 4:38 PM In reply to: This is probably a hardware issue ..... by WatzmanI agree with the comments by Waltzman and LionsMike.
When it comes to the routers, I've used both brand L and N for a long time, before switching to the now more reliable brand D. The most amusing part is that brand D, on the newer protocol "N" worked best with "any" brand of PC adapter.
On one desktop on the other side of the house that I cannot run a network cable to (at least not very easily), I use the Netgear Powerline system, and it works extremely reliable (for over two years now) and fast.
Renew IP connections
by mortpasco - 8/28/09 6:57 PM In reply to: Home wireless network connection getting intermittent connections, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Open a Command Box by going to Start > Run > Command
In the Command Box type ipconfig /renew
This will renew the ip address on all adaptors.
Exit the Command Box, reboot, and see if this solves your problem.
wireless acting funky
by calanbyrd - 8/28/09 7:12 PM In reply to: Home wireless network connection getting intermittent connections, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have found that the best way to stop a wireless connection from acting up or not connecting at all is to go into device manager and remove the wireless device.. then reboot the machine. Windows will recreate the device and then it will connect without issues.. I've done it on a hundred plus laptops over the last couple of years and it almost always solved odd behavior in the network connections..
wireless acting funky
by MattAbe - 8/29/09 12:25 AM In reply to: wireless acting funky by calanbyrdI had the same probem 2 days ago. I switched off the
modum in the evening and switched it back on the next morning (RESET)
and it started working.
If you get the same problem after reset ask your provider to change the wireless modum for you.
Matt
Utilities
by farcry1010 - 8/29/09 5:36 AM In reply to: wireless acting funky by calanbyrdIf it is a linksys it might have came with the linksys utility which is garbage. Uninstall from add/remove programs. then go into device manager and unisntall the usb network adapter. Unplug the device, put the support disk containing the driver in the cd/rom but dont run it, then plug the usb adapter back in again then choose automatic install of drivers and choose cd/rom for location. This will allow you to use the windows configuration utility. This is just one way to isolate the problem. I just found from experience that linskys software is horrible. The other posts are helpfull too. Once that is all done just set the configurations up to match your router. The best security for speed and protection is wpa2 with AES protection. So you might have to reconfigure router.
Home wireless router expired
by johndouglaselliott - 8/28/09 7:26 PM In reply to: Home wireless network connection getting intermittent connections, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This happened to me a while back. The wireless router really had expired. I replaced it with a new Netgear wireless router (different band from the failed one) and positioned it in a location where all sides have good air space for cooling. This one has been running fine for about 1 1/2 years.
Other likely issue: the signal strength coming from your service provider may be too weak. They can check this out.
RE: Home wireless network connection getting intermittent..
by brian619 - 8/28/09 7:26 PM In reply to: Home wireless network connection getting intermittent connections, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hi Cory...since you didn't elaborate on what changed when you're network started having problems....have you ever tried running your laptop at the same location where your desktop is to see if the problem is the same with both devices? If you're laptops are running around through different areas of the house, they are going to get different signal strengths.
Are you using the default broadcast frequency? Trying moving it to the highest frequency allowed. (Channel 9, 10, 11 in the Basic Wireless Settings) There could be some interference from other devices in the house running around the 2.4Ghz range (cordless phone).
Did you recently move the desktop in another location within the house? You know those walls can hinder the signal.
Since your laptops aren't having a problem it sounds to me like there's something to do with maybe signal interruption or the drivers in your desktop. I know it's a pain...but remove your network device, uninstall and re-install the drivers. Download the latest drivers at your vendors website.
If you're using one of those older wireless routers with the "rabbit ear antennas" you can replace them with more robust antennas which can be purchased at Fry's.
Good luck!!!
Intermittent wireless connection
by texxn22 - 8/28/09 8:06 PM In reply to: Home wireless network connection getting intermittent connections, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm having a somewhat similar problem - According to Linksys, it's my router - it's 6 years old and prone to this problem (since it's out of warranty) - or did they say that to get me to buy the 29.95 "latest issue" product (which they slyly said cost 70-100 in stores) Hmmm. It's my Vista equipped new HP laptop that is having the problem - seems ok while I'm online, but when I log off the laptop and power down, the next time I power up, there's no connection, unless I power cycle the router - then all is well for the session. While I wait for other responses to this thread, I'm offering the possibility that you too, may have a router who's time has come, as a wireless piece of equipment, although the cable part will continue to work just fine.
Your wireles system
by tealcat - 8/28/09 8:17 PM In reply to: Home wireless network connection getting intermittent connections, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I was having the same problem and the way I solved the problem was by connecting the desktop PC directly to the modem with all the other machines in the house connecting with a USB adapter or an added wireless card. Juat locate the modem to an area close enough to use a Cat5 cable where the cable wont be in the way. Since I switched to this configuration I've not had a repeat of the lost connection.
Wireless is inherently flawed.
by caskater4 - 8/28/09 8:52 PM In reply to: Home wireless network connection getting intermittent connections, help! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hi Cory,
I'm going to assume that your wireless equipment is in fact working perfectly normally since you only have trouble with connectivity with certain computers. So given that let's dive in to your problem.
Believe it or not but intermittent connectivity is a very common problem with wireless networking. In fact, it's a common problem with all wireless devices.
It's not necessarily that these devices break down after a couple of years of use. Remember that electronics are not like cars; they don't break down easily because of wear and tear. Most electronic devices will last longer than you or I. The real reason that wireless devices stop working over time is because of competition.
As you probably know all wireless devices use radio signals to operate. Unfortunately there is a finite number of radio frequencies in existence. Even worse, each type of product you buy (i.e. cell phone, wireless router, etc.) is limited to a very specific range of frequencies it is allowed to work on.
So as more people buy and use the same type of wireless devices the radio waves become more congested since each device is competing for access to the same radio frequency. At some point the radio waves are so congested that traffic crawls to a halt and you end up with intermittent connections or no connection at all.
The simplest way to imagine this is a freeway that constantly has new cars drive on it but no more lanes can be added to compensate. At some point there are just too many cars on the road.
Manufacturers constantly try to invent new ways to alleviate congestion. A good example of this is frequency hopping. Frequency hopping is when a device detects congestion and tries to use a different, hopefully unused, frequency to communicate as an alternative.
To make things worse new devices that become available may utilize radio frequencies that were originally given to older devices. Then you end up with signal problems because manufacturers expect that you've moved on from those old devices already. An example of this is using an old 2.4Ghz based cordless telephone while you have a 2.4Ghz based wireless router. You either end up with lots of static in your phone calls (which most people think is due to the phone going bad) or dropout problems with your wireless PC.
So what's the solution? Unfortunately there really isn't one. Despite all of the convenience that wireless provides the more we rely on it as a foundation for our technology the more likely it is to be unreliable.
In short use a hard line. It never fails.
Solution to interfence
by darrenforster99 - 8/29/09 1:45 AM In reply to: Wireless is inherently flawed. by caskater4There is actually a very good solution to all this interference from other devices.
It involves the companies selling the products to be more careful about how they make the products.
Most of these cheap companies don't care what the device interferes with as long as they get a sale.
Yet if they used correct filters, and directional antennas and taught people how to direct their signals where they want them to go and not spew their signal out here there and everywhere, then we'd all have a lot less interference.
Just turning the antenna from vertical to horizontal can reduce quite a lot of the interference by 99% as the more things use horizontal polarization, rather than vertical (probably because most people are used to seeing antennas sticking upright (like on old mobile and cordless phones).
Add to that making the antenna's directional by putting a metal sheet behind the antenna where you don't want the signal to go will reduce even more (the same way the deflector works on a TV antenna).
Also all this stopping the signal from going to where you don't want it to go not only clears up the airwaves, also helps prevent people from accessing your network.
At the moment with all these non-directional go anywhere wireless devices, the wireless freeway as you describe it is going into a wireless knot, with traffic going here there and everywhere, it would be like allowing cars to drive any which way they wanted to get from point a to point b and ignoring all one-way signs, no entry signs, no lane control, etc so guess what happens - everything crashes into each other.
Well said...
by obersturmfuhrer - 8/30/09 2:12 PM In reply to: Wireless is inherently flawed. by caskater4I think, above all these other great suggestions on this particular subject, that this gentlement summed everything up quite accurately within his post.. He is right; wireless in inherently flawed, simply due to that nature of x-mission betweem router, computer, and vice-versa. I am still experiencing these similar connectivity issues, and seems my only remedy is to reboot both the modem and router (using Dlinnk Wireless N router (stay away from LinkSys for god sake, please!!!) I have tried everything ,, next to thrwoing my comp out the window.. tried all the ipconfig /XXX strings, and rebooting laptop,(brand new HP HDX premium series) and nothing works to re-estaablish the connection. The laptop "sees" the connection as vaild, butI get no browser activitty or download activity, which means I must resort to resetting the modem and router, as I mentioned abouve.. I will soon be reaching the conclusion of the simple fact that I must simply keep rebooting the R & M... Only other alternative is to do a hard-wire connection, but Im not sure about that due to the fact that all my hardware is in a room approx. 50' away. (around walls and such) so If ANYONE has a real viable alternative please help me as well!!!
New Hardware Device?
by mkhedmond - 9/4/09 6:04 PM In reply to: Well said... by obersturmfuhrerI just saw a device that you plug into the electrical outlet and then hardwire to your computer, thus using your home's electrical system for your network. Had not seen this before but it would seem to be better than running a cable.
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