2 PCs, one with Linksys USB wireless adapter (mine), one with Linksys
internal wireless adapter card (wife's).
Wireless router - Linksys
Broadband connection - ntl
Current Setup:
2 PCs, one with Belkin internal wireless adapter card (mine), one with
Linksys internal wireless adapter card (wife's).
Wireless router - Belkin
Broadband connection - ntl
History:
Set up my wireless network under a year ago. The adapters were reversed
originally and my wife's PC was constantly losing the network. Swapped the
adapters over (to the setup stated above) and it's been basically OK. Mine
lost the network occasionally but not enough to worry about.
On Sunday morning, I turned my PC on but it couldn't find the wireless
network. It *could* see other networks in neighbouring flats. Repeated
refreshing of the available networks brought my network up occasionally
but never for long enough to even make the connection. My wife's PC was
behaving identically.
I connected the router to my PC directly and it worked fine. I sat the
router next to my wife's PC and it picked up the wireless network at very
close range without the need to connect router to wife's PC directly.
All of this said to me: The modem and internet connection from ntl must be
OK or it wouldn't work even when connected directly. The PCs are OK as they
couldn't both go wrong at exactly the same time. OK, I'll replace the
router - maybe the aerials are broken and don't transmit a strong enough
wireless signal.
Today I have replaced the wireless router, the cable connecting modem to
router and put an internal wireless adapter card into my machine.
IT'S STILL NOT WORKING! AARRRGH!
I can scan for available networks and occasionally my network appears but
never for very long. I can move the modem and router to my PC (in another
room from the point that the broadband enters the house, so to speak) and
connect PC and router with a network cable and it all works fine (as I am
doing now). But the wireless network is still practically non-existant.
