Grrr...Another Wifi Connection Problem!

angelavdavis

I have a Dell laptop. My house is larger than average 3 floors (My husband and I share with my retired parents).

My router is situated in the back of the house.

Initially I thought the issue with wifi signal was due to the size of the house. We use a unique channel (and monitor using inSIDer - it is apparently great!), I have installed a bridge router using a wired connection to my mothers pc - her pc is so old it doesn't effectively use a wifi connection so needs a wired one anyway, so I installed cat5 cabling between the office and her bedroom below.

I have installed the latest drivers in the laptop, but still it is very shakey (in fact when I run inSSIDer it runs better - does that make anything obvious?)

So, I am now getting to the conclusion that it might be the Dell network management, however when I follow MS tech support page the wifi doesn't connect! Any ideas what the problem is anyone?

Thanks very much

closed

Is it a signal strength problem, altering the aerial angle or router position slightly may help, also, wireless channels interfere with each other, which is why routers come with a default 5 channel separation, ie using channels 1, 6 or 11, so a unique channel in between doesn't rule out interference.

It could also be the OS or wireless management software, are you using windows to manage or a Dell utility, generally wzc is better, but Vista onwards can be a little flaky

The bridge router is a wireless access point?

gloria614

i cannot stand using wifi...its hilarious especially when im working i prefer to use broadband instead but thank u for this info i learnt something.

angelavdavis

closed wrote: »

Is it a signal strength problem, altering the aerial angle or router position slightly may help, also, wireless channels interfere with each other, which is why routers come with a default 5 channel separation, ie using channels 1, 6 or 11, so a unique channel in between doesn't rule out interference.

It could also be the OS or wireless management software, are you using windows to manage or a Dell utility, generally wzc is better, but Vista onwards can be a little flaky

The bridge router is a wireless access point?

I have tried moving antennae before I installed a bridging router to transfer the signal through the house to improve the signal on the ground floor. This helped to a degree but still is flaky.

I have managed to find a way of disabling the Dell network management in favour of the Windows to see if this does anything to help. I am using XP WZC.