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zepher1003

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Hello all,

I am having an issue that after messing around with some things i figured out what is causing it, but not how to fix it. I recently built a new PC, and ever since i have had it my wireless internet does not work when my PC is on. There are two other PC's in the house beside mine that do not have the issue, it is just when my PC is on the wireless does not work. My PC is a wired connection as is everyone else in the house, but still when it is on the wireless internet does not work for anyone. Does anyone have any tips how to fix this issue? Is there a setting i need to change to make it stop draining the wireless? Just one more thing to include is that my internet connection is poor, but i am certain that it is linked to my new PC because as soon as my PC is off the wireless works fine. Thank you
 
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Tom Tancredi
A Wireless card in a computer is like a RADIO, it LISTENS for a Wireless broadcasters (the router) like how you listen for RADIO Stations. You don't 'broadcast' your radio when you turn it on, making no one 'get radio' the same thing for your Wireless card, it won't 'broadcast' to block everyone else's access (as your saying it does) to the router.

Now what may be happening (that you and the others don't realize) on a new build there is a ton of patches to download immediately, so if your computer is sucking down 'the bandwidth' the others may not be able to do anything as your computer is 'hogging' the connection. This is more realistically what is happening.

To get a better picture (without making a bunch of guesses) please tell...
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As far as i can tell (I'm not a PC expert so bear with me ) Looking through my network settings on my PC it appears that it is getting a DHCP ip address. Is that a good or bad thing? Thanks for your help.
 
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It is neither good nor bad; It just depends on what you need. It was sounding to me as if maybe two computers were getting the same IP address which is usually because one or both have been setup with the same static IP, which you can't have on the same network; Each computer or device, needs to have a unique IP and not duplicates; Usually you'll get an error message stating that another device has the same IP, but not always.

One thing to check, is to reboot everything; Router, modem, computers, etc so that everything starts fresh.

You could also have a bad port in the switch that is built into the router; Try plugging the cable that leads to your computer into a different port in the router.


 
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A Wireless card in a computer is like a RADIO, it LISTENS for a Wireless broadcasters (the router) like how you listen for RADIO Stations. You don't 'broadcast' your radio when you turn it on, making no one 'get radio' the same thing for your Wireless card, it won't 'broadcast' to block everyone else's access (as your saying it does) to the router.

Now what may be happening (that you and the others don't realize) on a new build there is a ton of patches to download immediately, so if your computer is sucking down 'the bandwidth' the others may not be able to do anything as your computer is 'hogging' the connection. This is more realistically what is happening.

To get a better picture (without making a bunch of guesses) please tell us the following:

Internet Provider type: Satellite, Microwave, DSL, Cable, dialup
ISP per contract provided speeds Up / Down:
ISP Modem model / type (see label on it):
ISP/Your Router model / type (if it is a seperate device):
What 'wireless' are you running?: 802.11 a? b? g? n?
Download / run SPECCY on each computer, copy paste the SPECS for each computer:

BOB Intel Duo Core 4GB RAM.... Wirelss
Mary... Wired
Mine... Wired

ANY other devices using the Wireless / Wired connection? Cell phones, Printer, etc.
When you click on the Wireless icon in your / the other computer Tray in the bottom right, count how many 'wireless networks' are available and note the top *3* on the list names. Do any names you see match the NAME of your wireless? (i.e. you have a Netgear and you see 4 other netgear nearby, or yours is called CableTVINC and you see 5 other CableTVINC on the list).


This will give us a idea what we are working with, what the design is, and what is the enviroment it is working in.
 
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