problem with wireless

[mark.t]

have small problem with wireless conection (Linksys wrt54-g router) with the sony viao Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG thingy in the laptop it starts at 54mbps but after about 1/2 hour ends up at 1mbps then creeps up again any one got a simle solution

 

[Steve_Perry]

have small problem with wireless conection (Linksys wrt54-g router) with the sony viao Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG thingy in the laptop it starts at 54mbps but after about 1/2 hour ends up at 1mbps then creeps up again any one got a simle solution

Are you running the latest firmware with your Vaio's 2200BG integrated wireless? I remember upgrading mine a while back. Has your problem only just occured and the system running fine beforehand or have you only just got set-up and running?

No other wifi networks in your vicinity that could be interferring?

S.

 

[Sp!ke]

Are you sure your router is secure and no-one else can access it?

Best to be on safe side, use Mac address authentication, Turn off broadcasting and use WPA encryption at highest level.

Remember these routers will only work at one speed at a time even though they are both B and G complient. If one client accesses the router with a 11Mb/s card, it will drop everyone down to that speed. The more clients join the more that 11Mb/s is shared and your speed will drop.

If you are sure you are secure then I'd manually set the speed of 54Mb/s on both router and PC rather than leaving it at auto detect and see what happens then.

 

[drifting]

Sounds like you have someone on the same channel as you?
Go download netstumbler, run it, then go turn off you router and see if another station is on the same channel.

http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/

As another thought, do you have any portable house phones? or Video senders? turn them off too, whilst you test.

Regards Paul.

 

[Jukie]

I'm guessing it's the Intel wireless chipset. There are loads of problems of this nature reported on the web. I have the same problem with an Evesham lappy, so does my mum with a Tosh. Both have Intel wifi chipsets.

Same problem too with some of our clients at work. We have Dell looking into the problem (we didnt supply the Dells!). We had a Dell lappy sitting an inch from a Linksys router. Couldn't see the wireless broadcast. As soon as we put a non-Intel based PC card in said lappy, it pciked up the signal immeduately and remained rock solid.

There seems to be no real solution. What works for some doesn't for others. You could try a cheap pc card!

 

[SEM]

Daft as it sounds my mobile base station and headphone base station interfere, moved them a few feet away and everything was fine. I'm running a secure network over a wireless g..... also running an adaware progs on my laptop helped, some are now getting through firefox..as stable as it is it's not floorless

 

[mark.t]

Thanks for all the help i found this on the Linksys site for people like me who are tecno slow http://www.linksysfix.com/check/filter/index1.htm?CallerID=SP very good i thought ...what do you wizzys think

regards mark