problems with wifi

[bradmax57]

Okay I bought a Belkin 54g wireless adsl modem & combined router to replace a seperate adsl router and wireless adapter, eventually after much headache I got the wired network running fine but cant for the life of me get my laptop to work properly it finds the network fine, strength is anything from excellent to good depending on location in house but cant see any networked computers or connect to internet? any i deas where I could be going wrong, I guess I could always ring their helpdesk if i can get home early

[surlyjoe]

OK ya got all your stuff static in the same ip range i take it, if your using XP you need to either uninstall the belkin utility and use the windows based wireless utility or disable the windows wireless managment in the network adapter propeties page and run with the utility that came with the card.

[Con]

also disable all the firewalls, this could stop you browsing the network.

[bradmax57]

er mmm doh? anyway within internet explorer i went tools > Internet options > Connections > Lan Settings > unticked automatic detect settings and it works I always have had that on automatic detect before???? what the hell

[bradmax57]

right next thing, it seems to keep dropping my network bridge and then the wireless network, i think im doing something seriously wrong here, maybe the instructions would be helpfull

[bradmax57]

one more thing LOL found that the wireless connection cant find my wired usb print server yet the wired connection can, oh the joys

[SteveI]

If you are dropping out, even when the signal is good.... you've been bit by Billy Boy.

WinXP's wireless zero config is buggy. For some users, it works fine. For others, it is erratic and subject to dropping and finding, or worse, dropping ....

If you suffer from dropped connections even when close to the router, disable winXPs wireless config, install the nic's utility, and use that instead.

In my network, my PC Soyo card works great on my notebook without issues... My USB2 Buffalo adaptor worked great for 3 months, then suddenly got bit by the bug... I use the buffalo utility and all is fine again.

[surlyjoe]

ya,use the one that came with your adapter

[Con]

Can you provide a bit more info on the config? I set up a belkin 54g wireless AP last night which must be pretty similar to the one in your router.

Can you post all the wireless settings?

Also when you say your network bridge keeps dropping out, what do you mean? Why are you using it? If winxp has automatically created a bridge between your connections as it does sometimes then you may need to delete the network bridge.

Another thing, what wireless card are you using to access the wireless connection? if you are using an 802.11b card you need to check that the router isn't set to 54G ONLY, as this will drop the connection if you are using b.

Con