Anyone have trouble with their wireless router in bad weather?
Stormy weather often seems to cause a problem, and now the cold in the last couple of days seems to be causing it to play up...
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- 2009-01-06 @ 12:40:16
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SeasideMan
Pro - 2009-01-06 @ 14:47:43
No, but then my laptop is only about 10 feet away from my wireless router which is in the same room. Have you tried decreasing the distance?
Tom.-
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metyu
- 2009-01-06 @ 15:57:06
Sadly, I have 5 machines running from 4 different rooms!
It has been an intermittent problem with 3 different routers, which have gradually gotten more expensive. The last two days seems to have been worse, which made me wonder if cold weather somehow interferes with the signal.-
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SeasideMan
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- 2009-01-06 @ 16:08:42
Unless it's FREEZING inside your house, the cold weather shouldn't affect your wireless router. But the line to your house could be affected. Try attaching one of your PCs to the router by cable instead of wireless and see if that makes any difference.
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- 2009-01-06 @ 16:39:57
Try altering the channel number for Wireless. If there is a neighbouring wireless network running on a similar channel you could have issues.
Also make sure that all PCs and laptops connected are running the latest drivers for their respective Wireless network cards.
Check to make sure you have no spyware/malware infections on any of the PCs/laptops which are utilising your connection.
If you have a teenager in this equation make sure they are leaving a Bit Torrent client or something of that nature continuously running.
XoD.-
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metyu
- 2009-01-06 @ 17:23:47
good advice, thanks i'll do those things
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metyu
- 2009-01-06 @ 16:41:23
No, not *that* cold
Cable connection is fine. Perhaps it's because so many machines attached? One is a "network" (I use the term loosely) machine running Windows 2000; then 2 XP 2 Vista.
When the networked machine "wireless networking utility" shows no connection to the router, it is not possible to access that machine from the others. It is still possible to access the internet. This happens frequently.
Sometimes however it loses connection to the internet and has to be restarted - this is the recent, more frustrating problem. I should try the firmware when a laptop makes itself available... -
Storms and other forms of electrical disturbances will cause problems with wireless networks.
All I can recommend is to go to the manufacturers website and see if you can upgrade (if you haven't already) to the latest firmware release. I t may increase stability.
XoD.