Have you tried power cycling the router and the computer? Are you sure it's trying to connect to your wireless network and not someone else's? Do you have any device that may be interferring with the wireless connection, like 2.4 Ghz cordless phones, for example?
I'm thinking now it's the cordless phone, which is 2.4 GHz. Anyway to avoid interference with it? The good news is that I'm at least typing this posting from my laptop!
To eliminate the possiblity of the phones entirely, have you tried temporarily unplugging the base stations while testing the wireless network? Does that help any?
Nearly all routers are shipped with the channel set to 6 by default. 6 is in the middle of the range and when cordless phones scan the channels they are most likely to end up at 6 as they go up and down the spectrum. Most 2.4 Ghz phones, cannot be set to a specific channel, thus they continually scan. Thus, when trying to deal with interference from phones, it is always best to set it on a channel that will least likely be picked up by the phone.
Hi. I get a connection with the laptop and after about 5-10 minutes it freezes up. Haven't disconnected the phone, just keep losing the signal. Think it could be a problem with the router. Trying to get help from Netgear now.
My Netgear set up was wrong. It was WPA-PSK with only 6 channels and the mode was 270 MBPs . Not it is WEP and g and b on channel 11, like you suggested earlier, but I wasn't able to get into because of the wrong set up. Runs like a charm and I've learned how to make some changes! Thanks for all your help!
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Change the channel that the router uses to one of the extreme channels - 1 or 11.
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6 is the worst. Change it to 1.
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That's strange, 6 is what the helpful person at Dell set it at! Switched it to 1.
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Nearly all routers are shipped with the channel set to 6 by default. 6 is in the middle of the range and when cordless phones scan the channels they are most likely to end up at 6 as they go up and down the spectrum. Most 2.4 Ghz phones, cannot be set to a specific channel, thus they continually scan. Thus, when trying to deal with interference from phones, it is always best to set it on a channel that will least likely be picked up by the phone.
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Well, unplugging the phone for 5 to 10 minutes sounds like it would tell you whether or not the problem is with the phone, wouldn't it?
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It would really be appreciated if you told us what was causing the problem. Thanks.
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