Anyone any idea what would be causing the wireless connection to go off? None of us can access internet on laptops at home, but tis ok from pc. Also when i put in the ip address to the laptop and the router home page came up its saying we are fully connected to internet. Its driving me mad - had no idea how slow this bloody pc is as i havnt used it in ages. There were probs with internet on thurs evening but think it was like that a lot of places locally. Anyone know anything?
That happens my wireless connection if the connection drops, I've to turn on and off the router to get wireless working again. Did you try that?
Sometimes if the internet browser (explorer/firefox) is left on and unattended at home the connection drops and the router has to be turned off and on again (after 30 seconds). Repair connection should get you back then.
Have tried turning it off and on lots of times, tried resetting it also. Still makes no difference,
Try disabling the Wireless Security on the router then connecting.
If it works, enable the Wireless Security then try connecting again.
Dont think we have any security on the router - as far as i know we dont. God this is driving me mad. Dont want to phone aol cos they are bloody useless and il end up speaking to someone in india >:(. Have tried turning on and off the router numerous times and resetting it. Its showing us as being connected to the internet on the laptop but then when any of us try out laptops it wont let us and saying something about domain server name or something
Try this, go to start, then run and type cmd
A black box will pop up with a prompt flashing on it, or it should
In this box type ipconfig/release and let it do its thing, when it reports back that it has successfully carried out that command then type ipconfig/renew, when that says it has been successful try the internet
I dont have a run button when hit start, have on my pc here but not on the laptop, whats the other alternative to it?
what version of windows is on the laptop?
Quote from: tyrone girl on April 24, 2010, 06:43:13 PM
I dont have a run button when hit start, have on my pc here but not on the laptop, whats the other alternative to it?
Progarm Files >> Accessories >> Command Prompt
Cheers i got it , its windows vista, i did that but when typed the thing ipconfig release it said something like this needs to be evaluated so then typed the ipconfig renew and it says a pile of stuff i have no clue about now
tunnel adapter local area connection 7
media state - media disconnected
connection specific dns suffix
then repeats that with diff numbers after local area connection
HELPPP
It says no operation can be performed on local area connection while it has its media disconnected
wtf does that mean
You probably have a wired network card as well as a wireless one, if you don't have a cable plugged into it and it receiving an IP address from somewhere it will give that error. There would have been a ton of stuff in the output of those commands
You have to type those commands the way I put them; ipconfig /release and then ipconfig /renew - whether you put a space in or not doesn't matter
If Vista is asking if it is ok to run the commands, say yes, otherwise tell us what it says
Thats what its saying what i tyoed above. tried it again there now and when i put in the first command its saying this requires evaluation so then i type the renew part and it says what i wrote above. Have no clue how to get it sorted
Have you recently installed any other wireless devices in your house?
Nope nothing - my brothers ipods working with the wireless connection though but none of the laptops will work.
Do you have a cordless phone? Do you live close enough to neighbors who may have a cordless phone? Those things interfere with wireless routers all the time... I had to buy a special type of router to deal with the interference.
Change the wireless channel on the router.
Quote from: deiseach on April 25, 2010, 11:23:27 PM
Change the wireless channel on the router.
yip, that'll sort it, prob set to 'auto'.
best to call your internet provider and ask them for directions
Quote from: J OGorman on April 25, 2010, 11:49:26 PM
best to call your internet provider and ask them for directions
They won't do much else. The signal is reaching the router fine, so either there's a dodgy microwave in the area scrambling the signal or the router is broken. It's as simple as that
How do i change the wireless channel? I been holding off phoning aol cos they are useless and usually turns into a session of me sitting on the phone to india for over an hour listening to scripted rubbish before losing the head and hanging up >:(
Turn everything off. Then power on the router and leave it alone for 10 minutes or so.
Then start with the laptops, one at a time
Quote from: tyrone girl on April 26, 2010, 09:22:37 AM
How do i change the wireless channel? I been holding off phoning aol cos they are useless and usually turns into a session of me sitting on the phone to india for over an hour listening to scripted rubbish before losing the head and hanging up >:(
I've PM'ed you
Deiseach if i had ya id kiss ya ;D - followed exactly what you said and my laptops picking up the wireless again.
Thanks a million - much appreciated.
One thing tho - my brothers still isnt connecting - do i have to do that thing with the speedtouch on his laptop as well?
ahrhgghghgghgh stupid bloody thing has stopped again. Worked for about 20 mins on me laptop then isnt working again
Quote from: tyrone girl on April 27, 2010, 08:21:18 PM
ahrhgghghgghgh stupid bloody thing has stopped again. Worked for about 20 mins on me laptop then isnt working again
I think the wireless on your router is faulty. Changing the channel on your router changed the frequency on which the router transmitted the signal which gave you a connection briefly but was no more effective than turning the router upside down. If you had only one computer I'd say it was the computer but if two PC's are acting the same way then all that's left is the wireless itself. Try a few different channels - there's thirteen of them - but ultimately it looks like the router's wireless is knacked.
It had been at number 1 so changed it to 11 that last time and it gave me brief connection - changed it to 6 there this time and its staying on - yipeeee. Many thanks - i owe ya one
Quote from: tyrone girl on April 27, 2010, 09:39:13 PM
It had been at number 1 so changed it to 11 that last time and it gave me brief connection - changed it to 6 there this time and its staying on - yipeeee. Many thanks - i owe ya one
Good to hear. Fingers crossed