Losing Wireless network connectivity

bigbadish · 21 Oct 2007 at 15:32

Hi guys,

I'm experiencing a problem with my wireless and can't seem to figure out what the problem is. I have two PCs in the same room, both with wireless PCI cards in and the Router and Modem are downstairs.

When one PC is on at a time there does not seem to be a problem, but when both are on and trying to access the internet (gaming) the second PC will, usually about 40% of the time lose connectivity, then come back up a few minutes later until I get in-game, then lose it again and so on whilst the other PC works perfectly during this. I can still find the network on the second PC using the wireless utility, and it shows as a good signal, but will give a a "limited or no connectivity" pop-up.

I have tried connecting the PC directly to the modem via an Ethernet cable and that still does not cure it so I am out of ideas really. I'm not sure if there is a conflict somewhere but for the life of me I can't figure it out and it's starting to become a pain.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Cheers.

bigbadish · 22 Oct 2007 at 16:06

In addition I'm on 2meg VM broadband and I bought a £30 Router from my local PC shop, not sure if that may contribute to an issue though.

tolien · 22 Oct 2007 at 16:29

If it's the same with the machine wired to the router, then it's either the router or PC. I'd incline towards it being the router.

bigbadish · 22 Oct 2007 at 16:31

Would it not bomb the other PC out though, which works perfectly and never loses connectivity?

tolien · 22 Oct 2007 at 16:58

Not necessarily - if it's fine without the second machine, it sounds like the router crapping out.

cooljimy84 · 22 Oct 2007 at 17:19

Do you want wireless ?? or do you want it to work ??

To quote quite a few ppl

mrk · 22 Oct 2007 at 17:38

cooljimy84 said:
To quote quite a few ppl

Are you saying that wireless doesn't work? because if so I have 43 days of solid proof it does work without a single problem and this is through Vista too!

tolien · 22 Oct 2007 at 17:42

cooljimy84 said:
To quote quite a few ppl

bigbadish said:
I have tried connecting the PC directly to the modem via an Ethernet cable and that still does not cure it

(my emphasis)

dazsly · 22 Oct 2007 at 20:06

Hi mate, check their are no ip conflicts i.e both pcs tryiing to access the route with identical ip addresses, also check to see if you have dhcp working on the router.

bigbadish · 23 Oct 2007 at 14:51

dazsly said:
Hi mate, check their are no ip conflicts i.e both pcs tryiing to access the route with identical ip addresses, also check to see if you have dhcp working on the router.

Thanks for the suggestions dazsly, to check the IPs do I just need to do an ipconfig /all in a cmd? And wil dhcp be an enable/disable option within the router setup?

Cheers.