2 Wireless networks, but computers can only connect to 1

mrochester · 5 Jul 2009 at 18:59

Hi all

My setup has previously been a BT Business hub with all my PCs connected via ethernet. I have now added my old WRT54GL router to the mix, to provide better wifi signal upstairs. So now, my 3 PCs upstairs are connected wirelessly to the Linksys router. I want to connect my 4th PC wirelessly to my BT Business Hub, but since adding the Linksys, none of my computers can connect wirelessly to the BT hub anymore. I have checked all of the settings on both the router and the PCs, and they are all correct. They just simply will not connect.

Why has adding the WRT54G broken the BT Business Hub wifi, and how do I fix it? I want some PCs connected wirelessly to the Linksys, and some wirelessly to the BT router.

Many thanks

Michael.

Liquidfox · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:23

Make sure they're on different wireless channels, chances are they're both on 11.

edgedemon · 5 Jul 2009 at 19:28

Can you see both networks via their SSID's? I agree that it could be that they are on the same channel.
If one is using 11 try the other on 1 or 7

mrochester · 5 Jul 2009 at 20:15

They are both on different channels. Miraculously, without changing anything, it just started to work again.