Setup router, can't get more than one wifi connection

[AgentUnknown]

Wired connections work fine. But when I try to use more than one wifi connection, it doesn't work. I am using a NETGEAR WGT624v4.

 

[Tarrant64]

Do you have any more details on the problem? Are you connecting one device and all of the sudden another one disconnects? Have you tried different wireless frequencies?

What wifi devices are you trying to connect with at the same time? Also, are you using any kind of wireless security (WEP, WAP, MAC address filtering, etc.)?

 

[AgentUnknown]

Yes, i connect one and all of a sudden the other one doesn't work. This is for both wired and wifi connections. I am using WEP. I am trying to get one pc with wifi card, and 2 laptops to connect with wifi.

 

[Dim]

Are you using DHCP on the wireless connections? If not, are multiple devices assigned the same IP number?

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: Dim
Are you using DHCP on the wireless connections? If not, are multiple devices assigned the same IP number?

That's the first thing I just thought of after just reading this thread. I would think it's a good possibility that multiple PC's are somehow getting the same IP address.

 

[Tarrant64]

I agree with the comments above. I too am thinking something wrong with a DHCP configuration.

 

[AgentUnknown]

If they are on the same IP, how do I fix it? Yes, I am using DHCP

 

[Dim]

First, make sure that is really the problem. Connect one device and note the IP address. Then connect the second. When the first gets bumped off the network, note the IP address of the second. if it is the same as the first, then that's the problem. How to set an IP address on a device depends on what the device is.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: AgentUnknown
If they are on the same IP, how do I fix it? Yes, I am using DHCP

Log to the Router's Menu look for the DHCP and make sure that the range is large enough to accommodate the number of computers (wire or wireless that you have).