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This one should get your brains working

Cat695
Cat695 Posts: 3,647 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Right here goes

2 days ago my laptop and iphone connected fine to my wireless router (linksys WRT54G V7.04) It was the only wireless signal around my street...

now someone has got a wireless router in my street (ThomsonFA893A is what it comes up as and its secured) and now i can still connect to my wireless router but with limited connection (ie no internet)

no matter what i try (restarting/changing settings in my router etc and on laptop/iphone) i cannot connect to the internet (my pc is connected via ethernet hence how i'm typing on here)

It seems this thomson is causing ME problems and i don't understand why

Any ideas how i can defeat it?
If you find yourself in a fair fight, then you have failed to plan properly


I've only ever been wrong once! and that was when I thought I was wrong but I was right
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  • Nex0
    Nex0 Posts: 913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Can you change the channel in your router for the wireless to see if that helps?
  • Cat695
    Cat695 Posts: 3,647 Forumite
    already tried made no difference......my router is fine as when the Thomson router is not showing everything works, its only when this router is showing

    have changed channels (now on channel 5)
    enabled mac address permits for my laptop and iphone
    wep enabled
    changed SSID
    If you find yourself in a fair fight, then you have failed to plan properly


    I've only ever been wrong once! and that was when I thought I was wrong but I was right
  • Nex0
    Nex0 Posts: 913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    You tried a firmware update for you router if its not the latest already?
  • Cat695
    Cat695 Posts: 3,647 Forumite
    yep latest....told you it would get your brain working
    If you find yourself in a fair fight, then you have failed to plan properly


    I've only ever been wrong once! and that was when I thought I was wrong but I was right
  • Nex0
    Nex0 Posts: 913 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Cat695 wrote: »
    yep latest....told you it would get your brain working

    I know this isn't the most helpful answer but have you tried a different router?
  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    try turning encryption (wep) off, then setting WPA, also, try more channels
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
  • frugallass
    frugallass Posts: 2,320 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I had similar problem last week - after doing a microsoft update my pc told me I had limited or no connectivity - I quickly ascertained it wasn't a connection problem as the laptop had no problem at all

    After spending the whole day trying various suggestions I eventually found a post that suggested flushing the DNS cache - I can't remember the exact link for it but just google it and I'm sure something will come up

    I'm not saying this is the solution to your problem, but it may be
  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    affecting 2 devices (lappy and Iphone), got to be the router, either settings or its bricked.
    can you try setting the ip address of either device manually, rather than relying on dhcp (which is turned on in the router!?)
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
  • Cat695
    Cat695 Posts: 3,647 Forumite
    ok have flushed DNS (start cmd ipconfig /flushdns)

    now on channel 13

    router defo isn't bricked as my PS3 and PC worki fine with it via ethernet

    and all settings ie ip address etc are entered manually on all devices connected to the router (and always have been)

    still no joy
    If you find yourself in a fair fight, then you have failed to plan properly


    I've only ever been wrong once! and that was when I thought I was wrong but I was right
  • Cat695
    Cat695 Posts: 3,647 Forumite
    he is on channel 6
    If you find yourself in a fair fight, then you have failed to plan properly


    I've only ever been wrong once! and that was when I thought I was wrong but I was right
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