Wireless connection dropping

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hi there

Most likely there is a metal. glass or power line that is . obtructing the
signal . Reflection of signal is most common problem.

also check cordless phones that you are using. 2.4 Mhz cordless phones
distrups siganl.

Ramsey
www.a2bcomputers.com
"sb1" <sarah_browne101@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I am trying to set up a wireless network in my house. I have tried A
> few combinations and so far I've been unable to get a setup that will
> work well for both of the two machines I want to use on the network.
>
> I was given a blitzz wireless card by my brother heno longer used the
> pc from which he had bought the card for. The card worked fine for my
> brother. No such luck when it came to my house!
>
> I have a netgear router, and a linksys wap. My first attempt to make
> the connection was to put the wap in a room downstairs, in a room that
> was originally the garage, and so has an exterior wall between it and
> the main house. I wasn't able to get a connection on my pc in the
> upstairs bedroom with the blitzz card. My brother on his laptop with
> a netgear wireless card in his laptop was able to get a signal when
> right beside the pc, so i thought the problem was down to my network
> card.
>
> I bought a linksys pci card and put it in the machine upstairs and got
> signal some of the time but the connection dropped too frequently so I
> decided to think again about the way the network was set up.
>
> I moved the router and wap into the house, and the signal upstairs is
> now very good or excellent and as far as i can see isn't dropping the
> way it was originally.
>
> So next i needed to connect the pc in the garage, so i put in the
> blitzz card and all looked well untill the connection started
> dropping, and reconnecting every minute or so, even though the signal
> and link strength were good.
>
> I moved the linksys network card to the downstairs pc to see if the
> signal dropping was due to the exterior wall, but with the linksys
> card I get constant connection.
>
> Any suggestions on ways to get the blitzz card working with the
> downstairs pc would br much appreciated!!!
>
> Both the computers are running windows xp professional.
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah