odd connection problem on sky router

worthingsaxovtr · 16 Jun 2007 at 12:41

hi there

I have just set up sky broad band for a friend

it is working fine using the netgear router it comes with if it is wired,

I have tried to setup a laptop which works fine when wired

when it works wireless it wont work as in sends more than it receives,

I thought fine disable that and try an external wirelss card, to work out if it was the cheap internal one.

However this is having problems as well, detects the wireless network connects fine the drops the connection the connects fine and drops again.

any ideas must be the router

cheers

nigel

worthingsaxovtr · 16 Jun 2007 at 12:47

also wont allow me to ping for example google or hotmail

worthingsaxovtr · 16 Jun 2007 at 13:04

cheers for the advice

thought I would give it a long shot

changed then ecryption from wpa to wep

and you never guess what

its now working, you learn something everyday

worthingsaxovtr · 16 Jun 2007 at 13:38

yeah dude, will follow the steps you posted above and take them on board

they dont do any internet banking or anything of a sensitive nature, so will prob just leave on wep ? what do you reckon

cheers

Nigel

worthingsaxovtr · 16 Jun 2007 at 17:29

been doing some research and been told that wpa doesnt work on older machines thats why it works on wep ?

any truth to this matter, would explain my problem