We have a wireless router in the bedroom and a computer with wireless card in the living room. its worked fine for a month now but now its not connnecting right, we always had atleast three bars and that was enough to get us online but today for somereason its down to one bar and kicks u off every few mins. the router hasnt been moved or n e thing and we have it secrued so only we can use it. does n e one have n e ideas on whats going on?!! thank u so much for ur help!
2007-03-18 08:02:57 · 7 answers · asked by Wooter 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
ok i found the problem. the wireless antena has broken off so seeing that no one said that im just gonnna let u all vote on a winner. ty for your input all though!
2007-03-19 11:53:35 · update #1
It could be another device interfering such as a wireless phone or any number of things interfering. Try restarting first thing. Next try changing the channel that your wireless network is running on. Also try relocating any other devices that may cause EM interference. And I hate to even go here but it could be a temporary environmental issue related to things such as static in the environment or humidity or density... Unfortunatly with antyhing that involves sending waves over a distance can be affected by any number or things:(
2007-03-18 08:16:03 · answer #1 · answered by drewhack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be getting interference from a wireless phone, microwave or any number of RF producing devices.
If you are living in an Apartment it might even be a neighbors appliance causing the interference.
Another item that could cause this is another wireless router in your area set to the same channel as yours. In the states there are 11 channels used for WIFI signals. All but 3 channels have overlapping frequencies. Most routers default to channel 6, so try setting your routers channel to 1 or 11 to try and get away from a possible interfering router.
If you dowload a program like netstumbler it will find all the routers in your area and display what channels they are using so you can set yours for something else.
http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/
2007-03-18 08:34:07 · answer #2 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-02 04:37:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That could be an electromagnetic interference issue...make sure the router is 2ft away from any device w/ magnet,cellphone,cordless phone or lamp.
Try accessing the interface of your router & change the wireless channel.
2007-03-18 10:55:40 · answer #4 · answered by vanessa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely interference from that cordless phone that you or your neighbor bought that uses the 2.4GHz frequency spectrum. It could also be that your neighbor also got WiFi and that you two are trying to use the same channel. Try changing channels to something other than the defaults (1,6, or 11).
I'm surprised that Yahoo answers didn't give you a couple of possible suggested answers for this when you tried to submit it... This question is being asked over and over again. Don't people ready the suggested answers or do you think your case is special or something.
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2007-03-18 08:29:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where is the router in your bedroom?
Is it near the floor?
Try raising it upto the roof or maybe you moved something like a dresser in the way.
Is there a bathroom between you and the router? Maybe the copper pipes are in the way.
2007-03-18 08:55:09 · answer #6 · answered by cromwell564 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How often do you have to reset it? Unfortunately, sometimes you do need to unplug and restart the routers.
I have the same situation, here at my home.. just one of those things.
2007-03-18 08:07:28 · answer #7 · answered by chuckufarley2a 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋