Wireless not competing well with USB... I think.

Question

Recently I got two new USB devices, a mouse and a webcam.  After installation, everything worked fine--until I restarted my computer.  As soon as I did that, my wireless connection became severely unstable.  I'm working over a school wireless network, and to connect I have to use a client program named Odyssey Client.  This program stays connected, and says that the connection is still open, but all my internet programs (web browsers, instant messengers, the like) don't seem to see the connection.  All I can think of is that this is a conflict between the USB and the wireless--I've checked Device Manager, and just about every device on my computer, including my USB hubs and my wireless card, is running on IRQ channel 11, and I thought maybe that would have something to do with it.  The trouble is, this problem still occurs once the USB devices are disconnected.  I'm totally stumped here... help?

NemesisDB · Answer

Try reinstalling the wireless drivers...

radiochu · Answer

For the record, reinstalling the drivers didn't help. Since I wrote the original message the problem has gotten worse and my connection drops every five seconds--and I've also deduced that the problem has nothing to do with my USB devices. Anyone else got any ideas?

Midnight Star · Answer

Are you sure that something else isn't causing the 'drops'? Consistant dropping of the wireless connection is something that alot of people have been complaining about. Have you tried changing your wireless channel while at school to see if the problem disappears? Do you have more than one utility (both OdysseyClient and Microsoft) trying to control the wireless connection simultaneously?

Mike.

radiochu · Answer

I don't know what you mean by changing the wireless channel, but I did disable Windows' wireless configuration (I did that originally, but somehow it turned itself back on, ugh).  For right now it looks like that might be it, but then it always works at night.

Midnight Star · Answer

'...don't know what you mean by changing the wireless channel...' Sorry about that, for some reason I was thinking of the router ... . Mike.

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Wireless not competing well with USB... I think.

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