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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 05:02:15 AM

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Hi,

I purchased one of these routers recently, and having set it up I find that
my laptop only detects a signal occasionally which is then dropped and my
work laptop again rarely detects it. In both cases, the laptops are sitting
right next to the router.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be wrong. I am concerned
the router may be faulty, but since it was purchased on line, I have the
cost of returning it, and don't wish to do so, if the fault is that I have
not set it up correctly.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nick

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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 11:28:36 PM
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Probably too close for starters but more than likely you need to put the MAC
address in the AP &/or the WEP or WAP code etc in the lappies?
Not much info to go on..............



"Mistaya" <mistaya@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I purchased one of these routers recently, and having set it up I find
> that my laptop only detects a signal occasionally which is then dropped
> and my work laptop again rarely detects it. In both cases, the laptops are
> sitting right next to the router.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be wrong. I am concerned
> the router may be faulty, but since it was purchased on line, I have the
> cost of returning it, and don't wish to do so, if the fault is that I have
> not set it up correctly.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Nick
>
>
>

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Anonymous   08-24-2005 at 03:24:23 PM
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:02:15 GMT, "Mistaya" <mistaya@lycos.co.uk>
wrote:

>I purchased one of these routers recently, and having set it up I find that
>my laptop only detects a signal occasionally which is then dropped and my
>work laptop again rarely detects it. In both cases, the laptops are sitting
>right next to the router.

>Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be wrong.

Turn SSID broadcast back on. Many wireless clients do not work
without an SSID broadcast.

>I am concerned
>the router may be faulty, but since it was purchased on line, I have the
>cost of returning it, and don't wish to do so, if the fault is that I have
>not set it up correctly.

Try running Netstumbler on one of the laptops to see what signal
strength (if any) it reports.


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