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Author: Subject: Help with my wireless connection

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  posted on 20/3/08 at 11:06

I connect my laptop to my router usin wireless so i can acess the internet but after say 30 minutes its like someone has turned the internet off, to solve it i choose the wireless connection and i repair it which then solves it but only for half an hour, my laptop is an acer 3273, router is a netgear wrg614 and my internet is 4mb broadband from virgin media(i live in england)
id appreaciate some help,

[Edited on 20/3/2008 by DC_FC79]

[Edited on 20/3/2008 by DC_FC79]

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  posted on 20/3/08 at 17:00
Have a look for an "idle time out" or similar setting on your router, should be - allways on, nailed up, or similar.
Have a look in device manager. See if your Laptop can stop your wireless adapter working to save power?
 
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  posted on 21/3/08 at 10:30
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Have a look for an idle time out or similar setting on your router, should be - allways on, nailed up, or similar.
Have a look in device manager. See if your Laptop can stop your wireless adapter working to save power?

ill have a look about the idle setting and re the laptop

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  posted on 30/3/08 at 08:22
Fellsider,

think i may have solved it, i read somewhere abouyt electrical appliances affecting the wifi signal and to change the channel, so i changed the channel and it seems to be ok now

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  posted on 30/3/08 at 16:40
Many thanks for taking the time to post back
 
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