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Geek Culture / Connection unstable and just plain buggy - rawr!!!

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 30th May 2006 01:39
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I know I'm about to get a good dosage of "Google is your friend" from people who think Google can solve all of your problems but here goes anyway:

I recently switched to high speed internet. I have a wireless adapter that picks up the signal from the router downstairs. Well, for the past few weeks the internet has been utter crap. Every single link I click gives me a:

"[URL] could not be found. Please check the name and try again later"

This happens with EVERY link. I know the server is up and working. After 3 times of clicking these links and getting these messages, it finally goes through. Not very fun.

And then there's times when the whole connection just becomes suddently unavaliable. Or worse, it says it's connected, yet nothing works anyway.

Either way, this is getting really tiring. I'm a big internet nub, and help from people who've had this problem or are experianced in it will be greatly appriciated.

I must also apoligize as usual if this type of thread has been started [xxx] times, because I probably tried to look for it and failed, or looked for it but was lazy, or a combination of the two.

Thanks again


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Benjamin
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Posted: 30th May 2006 01:43 Edited at: 30th May 2006 01:44
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Anything wireless is unreliable, that's just how it is.

Not that saying that will actually help you..

Quote: "people who've had this problem or are experianced in it will be greatly appriciated."

I've experienced this problem. I decided to directly connect the modem to my computer rather than using the wireless crap.

Considering you use other wireless devices(like the keyboard you have), they may be interfering with it.

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 30th May 2006 01:47 Edited at: 30th May 2006 01:47
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Thanks for the advice

I know a ton of people who have wireless internet...their stuff works fine. I unfortunatly cannot have an actual modem connected to my PC, due to the fact that there isn't even a bloody cable jack anywhere on this floor!

Surly wireless isn't made to be 100% crap, I mean there are people out there who use it.


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Benjamin
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Posted: 30th May 2006 01:50
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Quote: "Wireless isn't made to be 100% crap, I mean there are people out there who use it."

Of course, it is useful, I just don't personally trust it(I would never use it where not an absolute necessity). All wires for me.

Quote: "I unfortunatly cannot have an actual modem connected to my PC, due to the fact that there isn't even a bloody cable jack anywhere on this floor!"

Can't you buy a really long ethernet cable?

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Aoneweb
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Posted: 30th May 2006 01:51 Edited at: 30th May 2006 01:54
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You may find you are on the network, but not on the internet, the things I did that helped:
Turn off computer, modem, and router.
If separate router and modem, make sure they are away from each other, make sure they are not near a microwave or other radio wave device.
First boot your modem, then after a minute boot your router, then your computer.
Make sure you disable any other networks in my network place that are not being used, and that the router drivers are up to date.
If you have third party wireless controlers with the drivers, try using these and do not let windows control the network.
And finally, make sure it is your network you are logged on to, and you are not picking up a neighbors by mistake, signal strength is paramount.

Edit: you may need to do the reboot thing after making any software changes.


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Posted: 30th May 2006 02:43
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youre probably right on the edge of the wireless signal - I had the same problem here with getting the wireless signal down 2 floors to my father-in-laws house. I remedied the problem by adding a wireless range expander to the mix. The router is on the top floor, down one level in our main living area is my wife's laptop, and in our bedroom I placed the range expander. My father-in-laws office is right under our bedroom so now the signal is always maxed out (54mbit) on his pc. Oh and I replaced the stock antennas on the router with newer High Gain ones which helped in the first leg (top floor to main floor).

All of the equipment involved is Linksys but I am pretty sure as long as its wireless G you could mix and match manufacturers if you cant find one in particular that you prefer.

Make sure you lock down your network, especially if you gas up the signal strength, but lock it down anyway. I have the 40 bit encrypted wep key thing going, and I also only allow the MAC addresses from our devices, maintained in a list in the router settings.

good luck

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Posted: 30th May 2006 02:44
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feed your cards mac address into the router
and change channels.

if someone is using a blanket 108 in your area they are basically taking up all the wireless space by flooding the whole spectrum with the signal.

IF the signal strength is low go out and build a pringle can amplifier.
you will get a nice snack while doing it as well.
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Posted: 30th May 2006 04:26
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In my last house my wireless reception was crap across the house. The walls were made of brick. Now I moved into a new place, and I can get a signal anywhere in the house, even upstairs. The walls are made of wood and sheetrock.

So, I learned that sometimes it just your surroundings, and there's nothing you can do, save for running some CAT V upstairs.


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Cryptoman
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Posted: 30th May 2006 04:58
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Also, if you wanna go up or down with the signal, point the antenna horizontally. Vertical antenna sends microwaves horizontally, and horizontal antenna sends microwaves vertically. It may help you, it may not, something in the floor might be eating your waves.


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Posted: 30th May 2006 12:52 Edited at: 30th May 2006 12:52
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google is your friend

I'm having a similar problem with my other router, whereby when I try to use 'post' data it will make out that it cannot connect to the page, like when post in TGC, writing an email or connecting to MSN are all not allowed, however the Macs run things fine through that router. So my guessing is either compatibility or something to do with software. Or get another router Or take my solution and throw your computer at the next person who gives you a funny look, yet I still haven't thrown my old graphics card at a passing chav yet

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Posted: 30th May 2006 13:10 Edited at: 30th May 2006 13:11
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As with cash, the brick walls in my house intefered with the signal....

Crappy Ascii Art Map time


WR is the Wifi Router and Y is where I like to sit. So, the signal has to go through 3 thick, victorian walls as well as a load of plumbing (plumbing is apparently bad for wifi) from the toilet and shower (w/c). My xbox (situated at X) didn't stand a chance. So, I bought a repeater (specific to the wifi router model) and placed it in the bedroom. Never had a signal outage after that.

However, my linksys router died, rendering the repeater useless. I bought a Barricade SMC wireless router with a Buffalo High Powered repeater. The signal from the repeater was worse than from the SMC by itself.

The lesson here is, it's pot luck how good your router's signal is. Make sure that your connection is dropping out because of poor signal , and if that's the case, look into a repeater. Some routers cannot be repeated. The technology you need to research is "WDS" or "Wireless Distribution System".

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