My client has this issue that I have been unable to resolve and it is driving both of us insane...
He had a DSLExtreme connection hooked up to a Netgear MR814 wi-fi router which was extremely slow (but never lost connection for five years), so he got the Linksys to replace it. The router and modem are connected to an old Dell desktop in his bedroom. He has two devices connecting wirelessly: his Latitude D610 laptop (both PCs running XP) and his iTouch. The laptop is set up in the kitchen about 20 feet away, the iTouch is all over the apartment. We installed the new router yesterday and are both scratching our heads - both his iTouch and my iPhone maintain a constant signal (and so does his desktop PC), but the Latitude keeps losing it - goes in and out. Here's how it is set up:
Encryption: 10-key WEP
Firewall: on (Linksys website says to turn it off?)
Channels: we tried 6 (default) and 1
B/G/etc: mixed
The wi-fi radio indicator in the taskbar sometimes shows green, sometimes a red cross, seemingly independently of whether or not the connection actually works, meaning it could be red and fully functioning
He has wireless mice both on the laptop and on the desktop (but this wasn't a problem before).
What can we try? It works really fast when it does, it's just not stable...
He had a DSLExtreme connection hooked up to a Netgear MR814 wi-fi router which was extremely slow (but never lost connection for five years), so he got the Linksys to replace it. The router and modem are connected to an old Dell desktop in his bedroom. He has two devices connecting wirelessly: his Latitude D610 laptop (both PCs running XP) and his iTouch. The laptop is set up in the kitchen about 20 feet away, the iTouch is all over the apartment. We installed the new router yesterday and are both scratching our heads - both his iTouch and my iPhone maintain a constant signal (and so does his desktop PC), but the Latitude keeps losing it - goes in and out. Here's how it is set up:
Encryption: 10-key WEP
Firewall: on (Linksys website says to turn it off?)
Channels: we tried 6 (default) and 1
B/G/etc: mixed
The wi-fi radio indicator in the taskbar sometimes shows green, sometimes a red cross, seemingly independently of whether or not the connection actually works, meaning it could be red and fully functioning
He has wireless mice both on the laptop and on the desktop (but this wasn't a problem before).
What can we try? It works really fast when it does, it's just not stable...
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