Hi,
It doesn't really have anything to do with distanse; the reason why
your laptops are having the problem is because you will have made
configuration changes to the wlan which are being lost for some reason
but you've probably left the ethernet side more or less untouched -
E.G. no mac filtering, router runs a dhcp server, so the desktops are
working perfectly well with the out of box configuration.
I'd see if there are any firmware updates for it in the hope that this
is a known bug; if it continues to give you problems I'd probably just
buy another one and use it as a switch.
Cheers,
Ben.
On 1/7/13, David Mehler
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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