Wifi Experts Please Help!
#1
Wifi Experts Please Help!
So in my new apartment there is a linksys router that they provide in the gym that is unsecured and free for anyone in the building who can receive signal to use. I get a strong connection, but for some reason at random times when the internet has been working fine all of a sudden it wont connect to any web pages and it'll show its connected "local" instead of "local and internet". I'm using Windows Vista. If I disconnect from the network and then connect again, I am connected to the internet again, so what keeps kind of "booting" me off?
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My wireless router at home does the same thing randomly.
#4
Sanest Florida Man
Linksys FTL!
#5
Go Giants
Stop looking at gay porn at the gym...
#7
I would assume the linksys is password protected in terms of the setup, even though it's unsecured..but is there nothing I can do to try and keep a constant connection? It doesnt seemed timed, sometimes it works for 5 minutes, sometimes for hours...
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#10
No reason to when its available for my apartment, I just don't know the cause of the random disconnects, it doesnt disconnect from the network, it just says "local" instead of "local and internet" so i manually disconnect and reconnect and it works fine..
#11
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Without being able to access the router setup, you could try eleventy thousand different things and still not get it to work. Can you get a hold of whoever manages the AP? Also, can you borrow another laptop and see if it does the same thing? If they both do it, it's the AP, if not, it's probably your computer.
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Just for giggles, when connected point your browser to 192.168.1.1 and give a few of these a try:
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/r...ys_passwds.htm
If you can log in, see if you can tell if the router has a max number of connections, or something else similar...
NOTE: This may violate a few laws...
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/r...ys_passwds.htm
If you can log in, see if you can tell if the router has a max number of connections, or something else similar...
NOTE: This may violate a few laws...
#13
Sanest Florida Man
hmmm I'm starting to think this might be a vista problem. Are you running Vista service pack 2? And do you have the latest wifi drivers. to update your driver hit the start button then type "windows update" open windows update then click check for updates and then click optional updates after the check is done. Install all the driver that might be in that list.
#14
Team Owner
Isn't the gym for exercising?
#15
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Just for giggles, when connected point your browser to 192.168.1.1 and give a few of these a try:
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/r...ys_passwds.htm
If you can log in, see if you can tell if the router has a max number of connections, or something else similar...
NOTE: This may violate a few laws...
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/r...ys_passwds.htm
If you can log in, see if you can tell if the router has a max number of connections, or something else similar...
NOTE: This may violate a few laws...
#16
hmmm I'm starting to think this might be a vista problem. Are you running Vista service pack 2? And do you have the latest wifi drivers. to update your driver hit the start button then type "windows update" open windows update then click check for updates and then click optional updates after the check is done. Install all the driver that might be in that list.
#17
Bent = #1
Are you allowed to use it? If not, do you think someone could be kicking you off as they monitor it? You said you get kicked off at different intervals, so it could be someone actually kicking you off.
#18
Definitely allowed to use it, it's definitely not monitored and is for anyone in the building to use who can access it.
#19
Bent = #1
I know for some reason the wireless in the cafe in my office building does the same stuff... there must be a setting that causes your problem.
#20
Bent = #1
You could also upgrade to Windows 7... I had a lot of problems with Vista, until I upgraded to 7 and all my problems went away.
See if the parental control option is disabled...
Have them reset the router..
Have them upgrade the firmware for the router..
See if the parental control option is disabled...
Have them reset the router..
Have them upgrade the firmware for the router..
#22
I'm using the windows built in wireless program not the driver software utility.
Furthermore, I would ask, but the property management is located 30 minutes away and manages a ton of properties, there is just a maintenance guy here so it's not so easy to get information etc..but for now I'll just live with it, maybe upgrade to windows 7 soon.
Was just hoping maybe someone has encountered something similar and had a solution. thanks guys
Furthermore, I would ask, but the property management is located 30 minutes away and manages a ton of properties, there is just a maintenance guy here so it's not so easy to get information etc..but for now I'll just live with it, maybe upgrade to windows 7 soon.
Was just hoping maybe someone has encountered something similar and had a solution. thanks guys
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I'm using the windows built in wireless program not the driver software utility.
Furthermore, I would ask, but the property management is located 30 minutes away and manages a ton of properties, there is just a maintenance guy here so it's not so easy to get information etc..but for now I'll just live with it, maybe upgrade to windows 7 soon.
Was just hoping maybe someone has encountered something similar and had a solution. thanks guys
Furthermore, I would ask, but the property management is located 30 minutes away and manages a ton of properties, there is just a maintenance guy here so it's not so easy to get information etc..but for now I'll just live with it, maybe upgrade to windows 7 soon.
Was just hoping maybe someone has encountered something similar and had a solution. thanks guys
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I'm using the windows built in wireless program not the driver software utility.
Furthermore, I would ask, but the property management is located 30 minutes away and manages a ton of properties, there is just a maintenance guy here so it's not so easy to get information etc..but for now I'll just live with it, maybe upgrade to windows 7 soon.
Was just hoping maybe someone has encountered something similar and had a solution. thanks guys
Furthermore, I would ask, but the property management is located 30 minutes away and manages a ton of properties, there is just a maintenance guy here so it's not so easy to get information etc..but for now I'll just live with it, maybe upgrade to windows 7 soon.
Was just hoping maybe someone has encountered something similar and had a solution. thanks guys
#28
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It's possible that it's hitting it's max client connections and then dropping everybody. I know it makes sense for the AP to simply deny new connections when it's hit its max (and most do that), but this doesn't always happen. Sometimes the AP simply crashes.
A single Linksys wireless router/AP is only good when a handfull of people will be using it. If more than 10 or so people in your building are using it, this could be part of the problem. Even though its DHCP server can be configured to lease hundreds of IP addresses, this doesn't mean it supports that many wireless clients!
Have you asked around to see if others have experienced similar problems? If they have, then you probably can't fix it on your end.
A single Linksys wireless router/AP is only good when a handfull of people will be using it. If more than 10 or so people in your building are using it, this could be part of the problem. Even though its DHCP server can be configured to lease hundreds of IP addresses, this doesn't mean it supports that many wireless clients!
Have you asked around to see if others have experienced similar problems? If they have, then you probably can't fix it on your end.
Last edited by thunder04; 07-15-2010 at 10:58 AM.
#29
It's possible that it's hitting it's max client connections and then dropping everybody. I know it makes sense for the AP to simply deny new connections when it's hit its max (and most do that), but this doesn't always happen. Sometimes the AP simply crashes.
A single Linksys wireless router/AP is only good when a handfull of people will be using it. If more than 10 or so people in your building are using it, this could be part of the problem. Even though its DHCP server can be configured to lease hundreds of IP addresses, this doesn't mean it supports that many wireless clients!
Have you asked around to see if others have experienced similar problems? If they have, then you probably can't fix it on your end.
A single Linksys wireless router/AP is only good when a handfull of people will be using it. If more than 10 or so people in your building are using it, this could be part of the problem. Even though its DHCP server can be configured to lease hundreds of IP addresses, this doesn't mean it supports that many wireless clients!
Have you asked around to see if others have experienced similar problems? If they have, then you probably can't fix it on your end.
"cannot communicate with DNS server (192.168.1.254)"
"network diagnostics pinged the remote host but did not receive a response"
#30
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Sounds like the actual internet connection is spotty and the AP isn't dropping you, just losing connection to the internet (modem is dropping the connection). Nothing you can do. Talk to the building people, they may not know.
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Happens on my Cable modem occasionally, too.
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