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Wifi Not Working
Aug 15 2012, 2:25 pm
By: TiKels  

Aug 15 2012, 2:25 pm TiKels Post #1



Alright so I bought a new laptop and when I connected to my wifi, I would get data for about 5-10 seconds and then it would go out for about a minute. The connection speed is registering about 200 kb/s as it should for my DSL except it just loses connection and then says the download failed. I thought it was something wrong with my new laptop (as it even has a partially dead pixel!) until I remembered my mom talking about not being able to open emails. I got on her netbook and now it won't load youtube and it won't download just like my laptop.

Any help? My desktop connects through the ethernet cable just fine. I really have no clue. If I were a conspiracy theorist I would say solar flares, especially hearing about nearby businesses having problems with their connections (IE A K-Mart I went to had no way of processing orders because their systems were crashed, but that doesn't prove anything). Too bad I'm not a conspiracy theorist.

Sitting with three computers in front of me makes me feel like a badass.

Edit: I have five devices on my wifi, four of them wireless. 3 Laptops, 1 Android, 1 Desktop. My router config only ever says one (or zero) of the laptops has a connection.

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Aug 15 2012, 2:35 pm by TiKels.



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Aug 15 2012, 2:36 pm Sacrieur Post #2

Still Napping

Hardware? Router and receiver, plz.



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Aug 15 2012, 2:46 pm TiKels Post #3



Quote from Sacrieur
Hardware? Router and receiver, plz.
Westell 7500 for the router.

How do I find out the receiver?



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Aug 15 2012, 2:56 pm Sacrieur Post #4

Still Napping

I found your laptop info here.

If that helps anyone. I'm not quite sure what's causing it.



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Aug 15 2012, 2:58 pm Fire_Kame Post #5

wth is starcraft

Let's see, last night our (new) router wouldn't send a wifi signal but we got direct connection just fine. We had to change our wireless settings from WirelessN to WirelessG, and my connection went from .19 mb/s download rate to 6.xx mb/s.


EDIT: also, POS services are always incredibly unstable. I doubt it's connected to your wifi connection...and most POS stations are hardwired into an onsite server for security.




Aug 15 2012, 7:59 pm Lanthanide Post #6



If you turn all of the laptops on at once, and the phone, what happens? Can they all simultaneously use the wifi, our just one at a time?

Also, when you have all 3 laptops sitting in front of you, if they can't all access the wifi at once, please go into a dos console (Start - Run - Cmd) and use the command ipconfig. Paste the results of each laptop here (or perhaps attach them in a txt file).

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Aug 15 2012, 9:18 pm by Lanthanide.



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Aug 15 2012, 9:28 pm TiKels Post #7



Quote from Lanthanide
If you turn all of the laptops on at once, and the phone, what happens? Can they all simultaneously use the wifi, our just one at a time?

Also, when you have all 3 laptops sitting in front of you, if they can't all access the wifi at once, please go into a dos console (Start - Run - Cmd) and use the command ipconfig. Paste the results of each laptop here (or perhaps attach them in a txt file).
They all can connect to the wifi simultaneously, if that's what you're asking. They have no problem connecting to the router, but their internet connection is crap.



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Aug 15 2012, 9:59 pm Lanthanide Post #8



Right, well there's no clear reason why the internet connection to the laptops should be bad, but fine to your desktop. Unless your router is just dodgy.



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Aug 18 2012, 8:48 pm rockz Post #9

ᴄʜᴇᴇsᴇ ɪᴛ!

reinstall the wireless drivers, update firmware on router, get a new router



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