network card problems

Monster ninja · 24 Dec 2011 at 13:03

no thick walls or electronics. How do you change you wifi channel? odd thing is that there as been a pc using wireless from the same spot for years? and this PC had a good connection for a good two weeks and it all started yesterday!

honosuseri · 24 Dec 2011 at 16:23

Seriously bud add the routers I.P to the default gateway list as i suggested, it's cured plenty of weird networking woes for me. Isn't going to hurt checking.

To change the wifi channel you need to "log on" to the router. Buch already touched on how to do that earlier.

Buchanan0204 · 24 Dec 2011 at 19:28

Changing channel is a good idea. Forgot to mention that in my speil to be honest.

P.S. Hope this doesn't count as tinkering with settings honosuseri

... or does it?

Oh... there's a reset switch at the back of routers if it all goes pear shaped. Which it wont. It's very easy to change a setting back in a router. It's not like a computer BIOS where it causes major issues. An SSID is simply the name of your network. It causes no damage what so ever to change it. It just tricks the computer into thinking it's a new network and gives it a second chance at having a go.

Anyway... you don't seem to be listening much to me or a few others. So best of luck with the issue. However I wont be investing in this business... I'M OUT!

honosuseri · 25 Dec 2011 at 07:21

Buchanan0204 said:
Changing channel is a good idea. Forgot to mention that in my speil to be honest.

P.S. Hope this doesn't count as tinkering with settings honosuseri ... or does it?

My bad! You do this as a job i forgot. So you need to change ALL the settings on the router (which is working fine) and then goto each computer on the network and faff around reconnecting them.......you charge by the hour I assume? It's pretty obvious you are out of your comfort zone now, don't blame the OP for you leaving the thread.

Changing the routers wifi channel is a simple process and won't require any additional changes on the PCs. Is it possible to relocate the router? Let us know what you've tried.....we will get there in the end bud. Although it being xmas you might not find we are around that much

edscdk · 25 Dec 2011 at 07:50

I assume you power cycles the router already

1) take the router to the pc, plug in with network cable

If that does not get you an ip address it's the pc that need trouble shooting not the wireless

2) log into the router rename the wireless network, change the key, copy and paste it into notepad. Disconnect the enet cable, power cycle the router, reboot the pc, reconnect to wireless using copy/ paste of key from notepad making sure you don't get an extra space. Move router back to its proper location

3) not sure what is u are using but if it's not w7 try using wep first as security

Buchanan0204 · 27 Dec 2011 at 02:45

honosuseri said:
My bad! You do this as a job i forgot. So you need to change ALL the settings on the router (which is working fine) and then goto each computer on the network and faff around reconnecting them.......you charge by the hour I assume? It's pretty obvious you are out of your comfort zone now, don't blame the OP for you leaving the thread.

Changing the routers wifi channel is a simple process and won't require any additional changes on the PCs. Is it possible to relocate the router? Let us know what you've tried.....we will get there in the end bud. Although it being xmas you might not find we are around that much

I receive an annual salary actually

It's quite clear I'm far from out my comfort zone. Would you like me to upload my computer science degree which involved tonnes of networking communications?

If you read back. You will see I backed your idea of changing the channel. I never dis credited it and I wasn't being sarcastic!

Like I said. Changing the SSID is a very common thing to do that resolves issues as it tricks the node into thinking it's a new connection. Not that I need to explain that to such an expert like yourself! After all your probably a network administrator for primary and secondary schools... wait! That's me... the guy who's out his depth helping someone on a forum with his "Home" router.

I wasn't blaming the OP for me leaving. I just couldn't be bothered writing out massive posts with detailed instructions to be ignored. I'm sure he meant no harm and perhaps I was a little harsh my previous post. I've not been with this one however for your very limited knowlege on me and this subject!

I will certainly not be returning to this thread now.

Good Day!

Buchanan0204 · 27 Dec 2011 at 02:49

edscdk said:
I assume you power cycles the router already

1) take the router to the pc, plug in with network cable

If that does not get you an ip address it's the pc that need trouble shooting not the wireless

2) log into the router rename the wireless network, change the key, copy and paste it into notepad. Disconnect the enet cable, power cycle the router, reboot the pc, reconnect to wireless using copy/ paste of key from notepad making sure you don't get an extra space. Move router back to its proper location

3) not sure what is u are using but if it's not w7 try using wep first as security

Good solid advice there!

honosuseri · 27 Dec 2011 at 10:50

Buchanan0204 said:
I wasn't blaming the OP for me leaving. I just couldn't be bothered writing out massive posts with detailed instructions to be ignored. I'm sure he meant no harm and perhaps I was a little harsh my previous post. I've not been with this one however for your very limited knowlege on me and this subject!

I will certainly not be returning to this thread now.

Good Day!

Seriously dude, how old are you? Five? You can't take a pop at me and the OP and expect not to get a jab back, a former judo instructor should know that

I will concede it's good of you to admit you were being harsh. I've said this before on other threads your advice is sound, im not questioning your "credentials". If you learned a lil patience you might "sigh" less at work.

The OP stated it's not his kit. Troubleshooting is bad enough let alone trying to sort a problem over the xmas holidays in a busy household. If you read the thread carefully it's clear he is making posts "off site", so he wasn't necessarily capable of answering your questions immediately.

I didn't orginally suggest switching the channel. I merely answered his question regarding it, by refering back to your previous post you were good enough to take the time to write.

From what the OP has found it sounds like a range or interference problem. We suggest changing the channel to remove the interference, most people leave the router on default settings so you can have numerous routers around you operating on the same channel.

If that hasn't helped, I hope it's an ADSL router you are working on. If there is more than one telephone socket you can hopefully relocate the router in a more "central" location. Hopefully all the machines in the house will get a good connection then.

If you could answer some of Buchs questions that would help. Is the router N spec? The card you bought is capable of using these routers to get a better wifi range.

I hope your abscence from the thread means the issue is resolved. If not post back what you know and we can proceed from there. I hope your Xmas holidays weren't too stressful.