need help with wireless router.

[VeNT]

yeah he spoke of Dongles,
tbh PCI cards ARE your friend!

 

[benjo plz.]

Main thing that comes to mind is earthing, i.e. the downstairs pc is earthed differently or something or affecting the router like that. It could also be that the routers overheating (the weather is going to help with that ).

 

[VeNT]

Main thing that comes to mind is earthing, i.e. the downstairs pc is earthed differently or something or affecting the router like that. It could also be that the routers overheating (the weather is going to help with that ).

yeah, maybe he's got some earthing issue, but as its only a CAT5(e?) cable its got no earth line, but I'd want to have them plugged into the same socket (four way splitter) just to be sure it wasn't that.

 

[benjo plz.]

but as its only a CAT5(e?) cable its got no earth line,

The shield?

 

[VeNT]

The shield?

normal ethernet cables don't have that anymore (from what I've seen of them).
infact the big reel of Cat5 I've got here hasn't got one.

 

[benjo plz.]

normal ethernet cables don't have that anymore (from what I've seen of them).
infact the big reel of Cat5 I've got here hasn't got one.

True, its more likely to be utp than stp, but I wouldn't rule it out.

 

[VeNT]

True, its more likely to be utp than stp, but I wouldn't rule it out.

totaly, but its been AGES since I saw a STP network cable on the market, as its normaly used for instalations

 

[AmDaMan]

hi guys cheers for the help but it seems to have now resolved it's self!

Right I already had the latest firmware the devices are Belkin USB2 802.11B dongles.

What I did was leave the cat cable in downstairs then disabled that connection. Then I rebooted everything and it worked... Don't ask me why or how but it did so i'm happy

 

[VeNT]

odd, tbh I don't touch belkin stuff anymore with all the issues I've had over the last 5-6 years.