Re: WiFi connection dropping


"Colin Wilson" <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Wonder if anyone can advise - Belkin 802.11g USB dongle and BT Voyager
> 2100 wireless / wired router.
>
> Both are in direct line of sight of each other, possibly 16 feet
> apart, yet the PC drops connection regularly and can be troublesome
> getting a reconnection.
>
> I'm not a fan of Belkins' own software having seen it (the original
> dongle had incorrect drivers for an older version of the hardware),
> but afaik nothing else works with it - the windows wifi util just says
> its unable to search with that hardware.
>
> The router itself worked fine on my machine in tests without dropping,
> but I wasn't leaving it for more than a few hours, and at a distance
> of only several feet. My PC was the "dummy run" for the drivers etc,
> so the target machine has only had the newest correct ones installed.
> It did do some fairly extensive traffic testing via copious games of
> Half Life online without major issue (other than a little extra lag)
>
> The channel is still set up as 11 (default), and no other networks are
> visible, the end-user doesn't have a DECT phone or any odd signals in
> the immediate path, if you exclude a TV about 5 foot out of the direct
> line of sight.

Hi Colin,

I was having terrible trouble due to a wireless digital TV sender. My PDA
would pick up the wireless router fine, as would my son's laptop, but my
laptop would drop connections every few seconds. With the wireless sender
switched off it is much better (plus I can now pick up a neighbours
unsecured network! - Do AOL give these people any tips on wireless security?
I have logged in to the router [how I know it is AOL] and looked at the
contents of the hard drive without problem. I am considering sending a
printout to the shared printer giving tips on wireless security!)

> Wifi access is secured by MAC ID (only one PC will be using it) and
> WPA-PSK is configured.
>
> Would it be worth removing the MAC ID or WPA to see if this alleviates
> the problem ? (I guess it would be an either-or situation, remove one
> or the other only, to try to maintain the security of the network)

Would it not be possible to unplug your phone line, remove all security from
the router but set up a random fixed IP address on the router (ie switch off
DHCP) Then make sure your software firewall (eg Norton) is set to only trust
that IP? Also switching off the ssid and changing thhe ssid afterwards. It
should be secure for a little while whilst you perform tests (Not perfect,
but it could do the job)

On another note, I have a USB dongle (not Belkin) and the range is crap. It
also suffers from unexplained drop-outs to the point where I don't use it
anymore.

> Suggestions welcome :-}

Just my tuppence

-halli-


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