Although you really don't say so, my crystal ball tells me that you have 2 computers, one that connects to the router by a wired ethernet connection and one that connects through a wireless adapter. Assuming that the you have trouble connecting through the wireless adapter when it has low signal strength, have you tried moving that computer closer to the router where it has higher signal strength? If so, when it has higher signal strength, does the problem you are experiencing go away?
yes you are correct i have 2 computers etc. I have tried moving it around and it doesnt do anything although opf course occasionally in the past when i have had low connectivity i have moved it around etc and that has worked. Now it does nothing and i ve tried unplugging and replugging the router and i knw everything is pluggged in rite and all the correct lights are on. Any other suggestions? Thanks for your help
another thing, if you are using zonealarm, that might affect your internet sharing, welll it did for me so i got rid of it on my host computer and have outpost pro installed now, works without any problems
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i dont even knw wat a zonealarm is but if i did have it why would it start effecting me now all of a sudden? Oh and lol id apreciate it if you could tell me wat a zonealarm is and does. Thanks. Any other suggestions?
Can you connect to the router using a wired ethernet connection? If you can this would eliminate general software problems and we can continue troubleshooting from there.
it might be more helpful and time efficient actually if you tell me wat it is. Sorry, honestly, i dont knw that much about computers. I totally feel like an idiot.
Um it says i have a connection, its signal strength is low though. The ethernet, sorry, have no idea wat that is. Ill look it up, and see wat it is then let ya knw.
Ethernet is the "normal" way to connect to the router. Assuming your computer has an ethernet network card, try connecting the ethernet network card to one of the LAN ports on the router with regular CAT5 ethernet cable.
Almost all computers nowadays do. Look on the back of your computer. There should be a spot to plug in what looks like a regular phone cord, but it will be much wider. It's connection looks similar to that of an internal modem, but bigger.
yes i have one but my problem is fixed. What was wrong it seems is that i have macafee virus protection and when it automatically updated it changed my firewall settings so i couldnt get on the internet. Anyways, thanks so much for yalls help.!!!!!!!!!
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Although you really don't say so, my crystal ball tells me that you have 2 computers, one that connects to the router by a wired ethernet connection and one that connects through a wireless adapter. Assuming that the you have trouble connecting through the wireless adapter when it has low signal strength, have you tried moving that computer closer to the router where it has higher signal strength? If so, when it has higher signal strength, does the problem you are experiencing go away?
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yes you are correct i have 2 computers etc. I have tried moving it around and it doesnt do anything although opf course occasionally in the past when i have had low connectivity i have moved it around etc and that has worked. Now it does nothing and i ve tried unplugging and replugging the router and i knw everything is pluggged in rite and all the correct lights are on. Any other suggestions? Thanks for your help
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i dont even knw wat a zonealarm is but if i did have it why would it start effecting me now all of a sudden? Oh and lol id apreciate it if you could tell me wat a zonealarm is and does. Thanks. Any other suggestions?
Jordan
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Can you connect to the router using a wired ethernet connection? If you can this would eliminate general software problems and we can continue troubleshooting from there.
Steve
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