cb27
Newbie  Posts: 1 Registered: 8/1/09 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/1/09 at 15:23
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Hi,
In our house there are several devices on the wireless network - a desktop
PC running Windows XP, a macbook, a windows laptop running Vista, a Wii, a
Playstation 3 and an ipod touch.
The problem is that getting an internet connection is often very patchy.
For example, when I switch my macbook on, sometimes it will connect to the
internet, sometimes it won't & will require a few restarts until it works.
Same problem with pretty much all the devices, apart from the PS3 and ipod
touch for some reason. But here's the odd thing - if my PC is playing up,
all I need to do is switch on my ipod touch, and that seems to somehow
kick-start the PC into recognising the connection. Really strange! Not sure
if this helps diagnose the problem but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Thanks
Chris
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festprint
SuperAdmin  Posts: 119 Registered: 2/1/03 Status: Online |
posted on 8/1/09 at 18:06 |
quote:
Hi,
In our house there are several devices on the wireless network - a desktop
PC running Windows XP, a macbook, a windows laptop running Vista, a Wii, a
Playstation 3 and an ipod touch.
The problem is that getting an internet connection is often very patchy.
For example, when I switch my macbook on, sometimes it will connect to the
internet, sometimes it won't & will require a few restarts until it works.
Same problem with pretty much all the devices, apart from the PS3 and ipod
touch for some reason. But here's the odd thing - if my PC is playing up,
all I need to do is switch on my ipod touch, and that seems to somehow
kick-start the PC into recognising the connection. Really strange! Not sure
if this helps diagnose the problem but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Thanks
Chris
Emmhh, could be that some of the devices are helping themselves to and from
each others connections and slowing things down or even blocking each
others signals, or too many connected at once causing a bottleneck. Could
also be you get your internet connection from an ISP that servers you with
a dynamic IP which changes from time to time and the devices need either
restarted / repaired to update and get the new IP assigned from your router
(or from the master computer server). Hard to say, but anything is
possible, such as the devices which are allowed in the workgroup are also
jamming the route to the PC or Mac etc. |
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