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Thread Author: borasport Replies: 14
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 Tue 16 Aug 11 19:16 
 wireless drop-out - borasport
Sat here browsing C4P and my network disappears. This seems to have happened a few times recently, and when I reconnect, initially the only network to be seen is always the same one, but it's not my router that is at issue - while I've been diagnosing things for 5 minutes, SWMBO has been happily listening to 'Radio 4 extra' over the network.

Any suggestions as to how to tie down the issue ?
Last edited by: borasport on Tue 16 Aug 11 at 19:16
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 Tue 16 Aug 11 19:24 
 wireless drop-out - Zero
Is she on wireless? got a wireless phone? what speed is she using? change your channel!
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 Tue 16 Aug 11 20:21 
 wireless drop-out - borasport
She's listening via her laptop over the same home network
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 Tue 16 Aug 11 19:24 
 wireless drop-out - Focusless
What are you browsing on? Tried updating any relevant drivers?
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 Tue 16 Aug 11 19:30 
 wireless drop-out - Focusless
If you're on a Windows machine, Network Stumbler is a useful tool for looking at wireless networks:
www.netstumbler.com/downloads/
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 Tue 16 Aug 11 21:17 
 wireless drop-out - rtj70
What router do you have? Are you both connecting the same way - i.e. both wireless G? both wireless N?

What is the signal like in your location?
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 Wed 17 Aug 11 19:35 
 wireless drop-out - Bagpuss
I used to have problems with dropouts with my wireless network. Then I got rid of my Siemens DECT cordless phone and the dropouts stopped. Might have been coincidence...
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 Wed 17 Aug 11 20:06 
 wireless drop-out - rtj70
The BT Homehub 2 (?) does not like it when there are other hotspots trying to use the same frequency. Occasionally it would stop working.

I use a wifi network sniffer to see what networks were nearby and chose a different frequency that was not overlapping and it's been fine ever since.

Not sure why borasport's wife was surfing over wifi okay unless it was only say wireless n with a problem and she used wireless g.
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 Wed 17 Aug 11 20:22 
 wireless drop-out - Zero
As he has not come back, I guess his last drop out was his last.
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 Thu 18 Aug 11 18:31 
 wireless drop-out - borasport
naa, just working for my living - some of us still have to.

It's a 3com wireless g router, with a wireless n adaptor in the pc I use and a g adapter in her laptop (I think)
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 Thu 18 Aug 11 20:13 
 wireless drop-out - Zero
Ok, well knock the router down to N only, and move your wireless phone away somewhere.

Your two primary diagnostic steps.
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 Thu 18 Aug 11 20:49 
 wireless drop-out - rtj70
>> Ok, well knock the router down to N only

But the router is a wireless G one so won't support wireless N. The wireless N router is working as a wireless G one.
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 Thu 18 Aug 11 22:24 
 wireless drop-out - spamcan61
knock 'em all down to b and work up from there.
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 Thu 18 Aug 11 23:21 
 wireless drop-out - rtj70
Obviously when I said 'wireless N router is working as a wireless G one' I meant the wireless N adapter in the PC.

As said by spam cam set them to only wireless B and go from there. In fact if this is for browsing the Internet only (and no local file sharing/streaming), depending on your Internet connection then wireless B might be fine. :-) Wireless G almost for sure. Not many need Wireless N or better for Internet access.
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 Thu 18 Aug 11 18:33 
 wireless drop-out - borasport

>> Not sure why borasport's wife

steady on, mate - that's something I've managed to put off for the last 16 years.
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