wireless help

[3d Nirvana]

ok, for the past day or so my wirless network has been retarded. the router is right next to my laptop, so there shouldnt be any signal problems..... but every 15 minutes or so it says "signal strength low" then immediately after "limited or no conectvity" ... even though it says no connectivity the meter still says full signal strength (but the network still doesnt work).

i tell it to disconect from the network, then connect again, and everything works fine for another 15 minutes, then it happens again...

how do i fix this?!

thnx in advance

Edit:forgot to mention i cant jsut switch out the wirless card to see if that's the problem... it's a internal card from dell

[Theros]

try restarting the router, IE unplug for 5 minutes... then try it, and also restart your internal card, IE do a repair... Usually the Limited thing is only when you have soo low signal it can't find it or the Assigned IP address is invalid... Check that also. Hope that helps

[Butters]

What make of router do you have and how long have you had it?

You don't have to disconnect and reconnect every time you loose the connection, you can just right click on the icon in the taskbar and click repair :)

[grimdeath]

do you have a linksys router? if so thats your culprit :lol:

[Theros]

aye, you have to reboot them after every power outage or they don't work right

[grimdeath]

I had to restart mine every 2 days or so I ended buying a netgear no more problems :love:

[Theros]

Actually, I have one of those 2 year old Wireless G ones... and it works pretty darn well? So I dunno

[SlowRoasted]

Yeah Linksys sucks majorly. I can't seem to network my computers with mine. I've tried everything and I can't get each computer to see the other. One time it magically worked for a day or two but mysteriously stopped again.

[Butters]

do you have a linksys router? if so thats your culprit :lol:
Heheh yeah that's why I asked what router he had and how long he had it...Linksys just crap out after like 10 months...

[Theros]

2 YEARS!!! :D

[grimdeath]

2 YEARS!!! :D

Yours is a defect then :lol:

[Butters]

:lol:

[BS]

Linksys has the easiest passwords to hack
Username Admin Passwod Admin
I have 2 airport Expresses 2 airport Extremes and A Neatgear wireless router and a Linksys Wireless G

[Theros]

lol.. that's why you CHANGE your password :p

[3d Nirvana]

haha ok i'll try that stuff.... i have a linksys ... lol

[Butters]

Linksys has the easiest passwords to hack
Username Admin Passwod Admin
I have 2 airport Expresses 2 airport Extremes and A Neatgear wireless router and a Linksys Wireless G
lol, most routers have some kind of default password, Negear has 'admin' for username and 'password' for password...

You odviously change it when you set it up :cap:

Yeah get rid of it 3d, buy a Netgear instead :ninja:

[3d Nirvana]

welll i did that "repair' thing a couple times... and it is working fine now... i dont know what it was...

[3d Nirvana]

lol nvm, just lost connection again...

i'm gunna replace the router

[grimdeath]

haha ok i'll try that stuff.... i have a linksys ... lol

I KNEW IT :lol:

[Butters]

lol nvm, just lost connection again...

i'm gunna replace the router
Yeah as soon as it starts constantly loosing connection, it's ****ed, you can't fix it unless you buy a new one :P

Someone said something about cooling in a topic I made when mine went crazy. Apparently the cooling in Linsys routers is crap, turn it on it's side and it's supposed to work better...

Mine used to loose connection like every 10 mins, pain in the butt.

[Theros]

Again.... 2 YEARS! ahahaha Maybe I did get a defect....