Wireless Problems

gt568

Hello,

I installed my cable and wireless 802.11g wireless lan adsl2+ modem router and I've managed to get it working safely I think, however I'm not 100% sure about how safe it is. I've enabled wpa2-psk, and from time to time it keeps coming up with a bubble saying wireless network connected (but says its insecure, which is what worries me) then when I right click on the wireless icon, and select view available networks it says its secure, so is it or isn't it?

gt568

It seems to be connecting and reconnecting over and over again.

Idiophreak

are you sure its your network that it's connecting on?
not just connecting to the neighbours?

espresso

Does your equipment support WPA2-PSK?

gt568

Idiophreak wrote:

are you sure its your network that it's connecting on?
not just connecting to the neighbours?

Pretty sure, it's connecting to the name I entered.

gt568

espresso wrote:

Does your equipment support WPA2-PSK?

Hmm not sure its an advent 7111, it has it in the options so I assumed so

gt568

Al_Mac wrote:

Both bits of equipment?

Yup option appears on both, is ths unusual?

espresso

gt568 wrote:

Yup option appears on both, is ths unusual?

Not for everyone yet. Why don't you try using WPA-PSK?

gt568

espresso wrote:

Not for everyone yet. Why don't you try using WPA-PSK?

I've changed over to WPA-PSK, but it still keeps happening

espresso

So have you checked to see what other wireless channels are in use in your locality? You may have to change to another channel to avoid interference because most users tend to leave them on the default channel.

gt568

espresso wrote:

So have you checked to see what other wireless channels are in use in your locality? You may have to change to another channel to avoid interference because most users tend to leave them on the default channel.

Ok that sounds good, I haven't no. The thing just keeps disconnecting and then reconnecting, which is really annoying whilst trying to browse, how do I check/change the channel?