Wireless driving me mad!

devonpie

Please help, I'm going to chuck my laptop out of the window otherwise and that's not good moneysaving. The problems:

I'm sitting in the same room as my router, the signal alternates between being really strong and not there at all, WHY?

Other times I'm connected with a strong signal yet can't load the Internet, WHY?

I'm on SKY b/band with their free wireless router, any suggestions gratefully received.

superscaper

Try changing the wireless channel (it'll be in the router settings). You may be getting interference.

kally

I use NetStumbler (free to downloand and use) to see what other wireless network are active and then pick a channel that isn't being used.

devonpie

I am an ignorant fool, I have no idea how to change the channel on the router.

ormus

my son just had to replace his sky router with a new sky sagem router. the sky/netgear router was faulty.

Drbutler

devonpie wrote: »

I'm on SKY b/band with their free wireless router, any suggestions gratefully received.

Its your router/sky .I have the same problem .
http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/sky-broadband-help/6277-connection-woes.html
this is the link to sky unofficial .
I have edited this post and this is the new link

Good luck if you try talking to Sky about it
they read off a tick list and then after about 20minutes they will give you a ticket number for IT .they wont phone back .well they havent phoned me back and ive been on to them about 5 times now

http://192.168.0.1/start.htm
cut and paste this to enter your router setting
admin
sky

albertross_2

http://www.routerlogin.com/setup.cgi?next_file=wire_sel.htm&todo=cfg_init

admin
sky

choose 1 6 or 11

apply