Help me please! Calling Nem Bongo Ginger et al

[Royal Flush]

My laptop wireless has gone a bit fruit loopy, it sometimes cant see my router but then sometimes it can (5 bars) when it is connected sometimes it works fine on the net and sometimes it doesnt, this doesnt make sense, my PC works fine hard wired to the router and JungleCat's lappy is working fine aswell.

Anything you guys can think off? Why would it start dropping intermitendtly?

[Ginger]

turn on MSN then! 

[Indestructable]

on a seperate techy query i can't seem to search on Blonde at the moment. Can someone else check if it is working?

[Newmanseye]

I was victim to a similar problem James, turns out i needed a new router.

[Ginger]

on a seperate techy query i can't seem to search on Blonde at the moment. Can someone else check if it is working?

Search seems to be down at the mo.


The router is quite new Billy, I know that doesn't mean that it can't be causing the problem, but makes it a little more unlikely. It could all manner of things causing it, even other wireless devices,

[Newmanseye]

on a seperate techy query i can't seem to search on Blonde at the moment. Can someone else check if it is working?

Search seems to be down at the mo.


The router is quite new Billy, I know that doesn't mean that it can't be causing the problem, but makes it a little more unlikely. It could all manner of things causing it, even other wireless devices,

Very true Ginger.   Mind you James was wired to the moon last time I checked, has HE gone wireless since Dublin?   

[Nem]

Where's IFM when you need him?...

[AndrewT]

My laptop wireless has gone a bit fruit loopy, it sometimes cant see my router but then sometimes it can (5 bars) when it is connected sometimes it works fine on the net and sometimes it doesnt, this doesnt make sense, my PC works fine hard wired to the router and JungleCat's lappy is working fine aswell.

Anything you guys can think off? Why would it start dropping intermitendtly?

You're not using Schrodinger's laptop, are you?

[Royal Flush]

How would i know.......

[RichEO]

Often it's interference or dodgy hardware. But there is a problem with windows xp SP1 (if you use the windows software not 3rd party software, and have authentication turned on) having connection drops. If this is the case, then upgrade to SP2 (which you should do anyway!).

You can try changing the wireless channel on your router which may help if there is interference. Change the channel by as much as you can, eg if on channel 8, goto channel 1. As the channels (frequencies) overlap so the further you go the more likely you are to get away from whatever interference it might be.

Does the other laptop have connection at the same time as when this one gets disconnected? Does the laptop have built in wireless? If so is it an intel centrino... there are problems with these having connection drop outs too. Easiest solution is to disable it and buy a PC card.

[Royal Flush]

Often it's interference or dodgy hardware. But there is a problem with windows xp SP1 (if you use the windows software not 3rd party software, and have authentication turned on) having connection drops. If this is the case, then upgrade to SP2 (which you should do anyway!).

You can try changing the wireless channel on your router which may help if there is interference. Change the channel by as much as you can, eg if on channel 8, goto channel 1. As the channels (frequencies) overlap so the further you go the more likely you are to get away from whatever interference it might be.

Does the other laptop have connection at the same time as when this one gets disconnected? Does the laptop have built in wireless? If so is it an intel centrino... there are problems with these having connection drop outs too. Easiest solution is to disable it and buy a PC card.

Both laptops run XPSP2 both have inbuilt wireless, both have always worked fine, now mine has problems and jungle's is ok, i have them sat side by side and mine doesnt work so its unlikely to be a interference issue.

[snoopy1239]

Is it just me, or does Richeo look like Wardonkey?

[Royal Flush]

Is it just me, or does Richeo look like Wardonkey?

Just you.

[Ginger]

Both laptops run XPSP2 both have inbuilt wireless, both have always worked fine, now mine has problems and jungle's is ok, i have them sat side by side and mine doesnt work so its unlikely to be a interference issue.

Doesn't mean anything tbh, interference from another device is a likely candidate. Also you both use different standards, so you can't say what will work for one, will work ok for the other.

[RichEO]

I'd try looking for newer drivers for your laptop's wireless. Next I'd update the routers firmware and change the channels. If none of that stops the connection drops, buy or borrow a wireless card or USB dongle for the laptop and see if that works without drop outs.