wireless problems!

petcorner

Control Panel, Network Connections, Highlight your Wireless device, Change settings of this device, Highlight TCP/IP then Properties. Have you got Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically boxes checked? yes they are all checked
If you have do not wireless encryption set up, you should definitely go to Home > Wireless and change the SSID to a unique name of your choice e.g. NotFreeInternetNow and enable WPA-PSK All done, thanks for this, I feel much better now that there are no strangers lurking!

I also did the turn all pc's off, router off, modem off. Then turned everything back on. Modem, router, pc's. Unfortunately the problem is still there. It seems to be directly linked to where you are in the house.
Laptop in lounge, DS bedroom ok, dining room no.
Laptop in my bedroom wont work if DS is using his in his bedroom
PC in dining room will work if just my laptop on upstairs!!
Slowly losing the will now!
xx

Mattjimf

The best thing i can suggest is getting someone in to look at the problem, as it's easier to solve things when you are actually at the problem rather than suggesting things from a far.

If you know someone that might be able to help you, ask them to come round and have a look, failing that get in touch with local uni/college anad see if any of the students would like to earn a little cash, will be cheaper than calling someone out.

Hope you get it all sorted as it sounds like a bit of a headache.

espresso

Can you see any other wireless networks? e.g. neighbours. If so what wireless channel are they using? You could try changing the wireless channel in your router to one as far away from any in use locally.

angelavdavis

I had a similar problem recently when I was adjusting the settings due to having issues with the signal dropping (previous post logged).

After fixing the issue with the signal, one of my machines was demonstrating this issue - even though it could see the network, it was not displaying web pages.

I eventually deleted all browsing history, including cached files and cookies from the PC through internet explorer and this fixed it.

petcorner

espresso wrote: »

Can you see any other wireless networks? e.g. neighbours. If so what wireless channel are they using? You could try changing the wireless channel in your router to one as far away from any in use locally.

There are 4 other security enabled wireless networks that I am picking up. However I'm not sure how I find out what channel they are using? Although one does say 'Virgin' which is my provider?

petcorner

I eventually deleted all browsing history, including cached files and cookies from the PC through internet explorer and this fixed it.

Thanks for the suggestion, I will give it a go!

The best thing i can suggest is getting someone in to look at the problem

Think I may have too!

espresso

petcorner wrote: »

There are 4 other security enabled wireless networks that I am picking up. However I'm not sure how I find out what channel they are using? Although one does say 'Virgin' which is my provider?

If you download Netstumbler here it should show what channel these other wireless networks are on, so you you can choose a channel well away from those in use.

petcorner

espresso wrote: »

If you download Netstumbler here it should show what channel these other wireless networks are on, so you you can choose a channel well away from those in use.

Having problems with this but I have found some more info on laptop. got this up when having problems

wireless network connection status

IPv4 connectivity: internet

IPv6 connectivity: limited

media state: enabled

The signal strength was 4 bars.

Also found under network con details:-

physical address 00-16-44-GB-B5-6F

DHCP enabled yes

IPv4 IP address 192.168.0.143

IPv4 subnet mask 255.255.255.0

IPv4 default gateway 192.168.0.1

IPv4 dhcp server 192.168.0.1

IPv4 dns servers 62.31.176.39
192.168.0.1

IPv4 wins server

NetBIOS over Tcpip En...yes

Link-local IPv6 address fe80::164:1a07-2789:7213%9

IPv6 default gateway

IPv6 DNS server

I really do appreciate your help and patience with this espresso!

espresso

petcorner wrote: »

Having problems with this but I have found some more info on laptop. got this up when having problems

NetStumbler will not work on every computer as it depends on what wireless chip is used, however I would be surprised if it doesn't work on one of your three machines, which is all that you need to find out what wireless channels are in use locally.

You could try disabling IPv6 as it's not actually needed. More info here

dazed

We had a problem with our wireless at home and called a company up and had a chat to them. Will have a think of the name and edit this later!

Got it its https://www.wirelesspro.co.uk think the chap I talked to was Rikki or similar!