Computer Networking - April 2007

I have a wifi home network set up. two of the PCs (5 total) are getting poor reception. They are only 20 ft away from the router, but there is alot of interference from walls and such. the line of site for these gys are probably like 3-4 walls. I pull the router into a more direct line of site with the pcs and the two pcs to test it and the reults were better, but it is not a place I can normlly leave it. I am using a linksys 54G rev6 with high gain antennas

I have thought of two solutions. buy extention cables for the adapter antennas (10') and move the antenna to the doors frams of the rooms. This would bring the antenna closer to the router, but I am think I will lose any gain in signal with the distance in the cable.

the second idea is to buy a little usb wifi adaper and locate the actual adapter on the door frame using a 10' usb cable.

Which would give me better results?

The linksys i have does not allow the power to be tweaked with.

2007-04-26 11:37:08 · 4 answers · asked by bjmarchini 2

which is safer to browse Internet encyped wireless or Ethernet card

2007-04-26 11:32:36 · 4 answers · asked by june w 1

2007-04-26 11:29:16 · 3 answers · asked by sunnyann404 S 1

I want to connect to wireless router together in order to have internet from both of them.Right now i conected them together but one of them doesnt give me internet.

2007-04-26 10:58:44 · 4 answers · asked by Monty R 2

me and my brother wonna share files.. we are on the same workgroup but when he tries 2 open my comp icon it asks 4 a password and i dnt remember setting 1 :S
i have access 2 both comps
thx

2007-04-26 10:10:38 · 2 answers · asked by 2guitars_and_an_Amp 2

2007-04-26 09:38:56 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

or more specifically, what does windows pull to validate the user? it is sign on name and password at the welcome screen?

2007-04-26 06:50:41 · 5 answers · asked by cpuchik17 2

My laptop is Sony Vaio SZ

with Vista pre-installed

everytime i turn on my wireless on new laptop, my other laptop's connection will go off, saying that it has detected a second router...

eh ! help me please!

2007-04-26 05:53:23 · 4 answers · asked by hippyJu 4

2007-04-26 02:02:02 · 2 answers · asked by english_monster 2

i have a wireless router for my lap top but my sisters laptop is not wireless i have a dongle here to but i dont know if this will work i no a card is what you need but can you use the dongle please help

2007-04-26 00:52:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are shortcuts to pictures in My Recent Documents section & whenever I try to open it it gives me this message
"The drive or network connection that the shortcut refers to is unavailable. Make sure that the disc is properly inserted or the network resource is available, and then try again."

When I check the properties to see where it is located it says the target location is G:\ only I have no idea where this is or how to get to it.

Will someone please let me know how I can get to these pictures & what the hell a G drive actually is.

Thanks.

2007-04-25 22:35:45 · 3 answers · asked by tigger1234567 1

I seem to be experiencing many disconnections followed by reconnection problems

2007-04-25 22:20:51 · 4 answers · asked by leest29 2

2007-04-25 21:36:52 · 6 answers · asked by aquarius2001 2

So, I'm wanting to go get some certificates like MS Linux Or Cisco, but I'm not sure which is the best to go for first.
Can someone help point in a direction.
I'm wanting to start off cheap, yet effective. and I want to start easy as well.
I am very competent with computers.
for example, I can write in C html, java, visual basic.
(but I don't want to program for a living)
point is I know what I'm doing and I'm not scared, only need some direction from people that have already done what I need to.

2007-04-25 20:20:50 · 2 answers · asked by Mercury 2010 7

I have Linksys Wi-Fi network on my Laptop but I keep getting this annoying "signal strength" pop up window when the network can't connect. I would love to get rid of it or click it off.

2007-04-25 19:18:59 · 1 answers · asked by JohnnyG. 1

Guys,

Just wondering what is the difference between a Standard ADSL modem with an ethernet connection and a ADSL Modem with a router?

2007-04-25 19:11:39 · 5 answers · asked by Sam 2

2007-04-25 17:13:49 · 10 answers · asked by meeting 2

I have ATT DSL with a 2wire router. I have a remote office about 300 feet from my main office. I need service in my remote location. The two buildings share a phone line, however thay are on seperate utility meters.

2007-04-25 17:10:57 · 4 answers · asked by Brian J 1

2007-04-25 16:55:29 · 3 answers · asked by ajay 1

I have a computer at my house that has Office 2003 and you need a key to get on. Some how i forgot to write it down when i got it. I have lost the packet for Office 2003. I have it on the computer but, when i get on it, it doesn't let you on so i reset the office and reinstalled it but now i need the Product key. Can U Please get me a Product Key :( :( :( :( :(

Thanx!

2007-04-25 15:28:02 · 3 answers · asked by babak434 3

Netgear has a free limited 90 days support and customer service.. and after that you are required to pay $37.00 for any additional problem .. such as configuration etc...

After my 90 days period, I started having problems to connect my wireless computer on the internet.
I called them and they said that in order to help me with the configuration I would have to pay $ 37.00.

I asked to talk to the supervisor or the manager and this agent (who was talking to me from somewhere in India) told me that the supervisor would tell me exactly the same thing.. And that in order to be helped, I would have to pay the fee.

My concern is, It seems to me that this is an strategy created By the company to collect extra money from the customers.

I have a friend who is an engineer that came and tried to fix the problem himself and the message we received is (NETWORK WITH LIMITED ACCESS)


SO, suddenly I have a LIMITED ACCESS and no way to change this on my settings!!

In addition I have another friend that has bought netgear sometime ago and had to change to another wireless router , since after his free 90 days tech support he started having problems and had to pay additional money every time he needed help!

I would like to make sure that this company has integrity and is not taking advantage of customers.


It seems to me that it is easy for them to intentionally change the settings and generate technical problems , so the customers would have to call them and pay extra charges.

2007-04-25 11:18:55 · 7 answers · asked by artemis_victrix_artistic 1

I'm looking for a place to download the DI-514 Router Instillation Cd. I went to D-Link website, and can not find where to download the drivers for this router. Are there any places on the net where you can download the drivers for this?

2007-04-25 08:45:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

When i emailed them to ask for help, they messed me up and gave me the wrong instructions on how to properly reinstall my D-Link. I have a wireless PCI adapter so the router is in the other room. So I need instructions on how to properly reinstall it in steps.

2007-04-25 08:26:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-25 08:21:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

So I have the D-Link DGL-4300 after a friend recommended it to me to use it for gaming. I also do alot of downloading of big files and torrents and such. Do I need a 108g desktop adapter to utilize the 108g speed if my computer is hard wired to the router?

2007-04-25 08:20:32 · 7 answers · asked by ForSho01 2

A new employee is replacing an employee who left lets say old_employee@companyx.com , The mail system is Exchange Server, what is the best practice to allow the new employee access to the old_Employee account..
1. Simply rename the old account
2. Create a new_employee@companyx.com account and forward all the emails ..(but what about the past emails)

Basically the employ an operations assistant ,needs access to the person who left emails, we're just looking for the best way.. Remeber this is Exhange Server/Outlook

2007-04-25 07:59:14 · 4 answers · asked by acb29 4

2007-04-25 07:10:49 · 6 answers · asked by RAYMOND P 1

I am getting my laptop tommorow and i have no way of getting the internet and i thought that you might be able to get more than one ADSL router in my house upstairs?

2007-04-25 06:14:52 · 6 answers · asked by Philip B 1

I have users connected to a domain controller with active directory all logging in with one user account for easy control. Anyways, I want them to be able to right click their wireless connection and hit repair, but it is disabled and can only be done through the administrator account. Anyone know of any way to enable the users to be able to repair their own connections?

2007-04-25 04:41:07 · 15 answers · asked by oMg NELsoN^_^ 2

Is there software avaiable to handle your calls, like call logs, answer calls, put on hold etc. I would like it to be feature rich and dont mind spending alot of money on it.

2007-04-25 04:21:34 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous