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Home networking hell

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rbaibich

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Hi everyone.

The network I'm trying to set up has 3 computers. 2 are desktops with an ethernet connection to a Linksys WRK54G router. The third computer is a Toshiba Satellite 1410-S173 with a Linksys WPC54G network adapter.

I have two major problems:

1. Even though I'm almost always getting an excellent signal, my wireless connection drops about 10 times per hour. I checked to see if IEEE 802.1X was enabled and it is not.

2. Sometimes the router will "disappear". I'll try to access the configuration page and it doesn't respond, my internet connection won't work. The only way to get it back on is to take the power cord out and put it back again.

What else can I do to try to solve this one? This is the network at my father's and I wanted to have it working before getting back home.

Thank you,
Roberto.
 
bad placement of the AP? Maybe a faulty AP or NIC. Try the nics from the other laptops.

If im not mistaken teh WIFI encryption can cause that too.
 
I don't think this is an AP placement problem. I get excellent signal from it, the signal won't deteriorate before dropping. It just drops. I have only one notebook, I can't test the network adapter on another one.

I do use WPA-TKIP encryption, but I need to have my wireless connection secure. Turning it off is not an option.

Some more info I forgot to mention in the first post:

All computers are running WinXP Pro SP2.
The router's firmware was updated to the latest version. Same thing for the network adapter's driver.
 
Got a 2.4ghz phone in use? Or maybe a neighbor with a 2.4ghz phone? I've run into that problem in a couple places. You're cruising along just fine and the BAM! AP is lost and you can't connect for a few minutes again.

 
Disconnections like you mention seem to be a problem for this particular router when using WPA, or so some posts on broadband reports seem to suggest.

Unfortunately I just picked up the same kit over the weekend... I tried WPA to start out, but had no luck with it, and eventually switched to just 128bit WEP. I figure I'm using a cable modem, so if my neighbours want to capture my packets, they don't even need to work about wireless... 🙂 Of course, if you're moving private data across your LAN, the encryption is required.
 
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