Re: Problems with a new notebook and wireless at home

["Martin Rowe" <dbg400.net@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/03/2008, Chuck Lewis <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
>  Just got a new Toshiba notebook here at work and when at home I connect to
>  our Linksys wireless router. The router is a year, maybe a year and a half
>  old.
>
>  Both the notebook's wireless card and the wireless router are/support G
>  (802.11g standard).
>
>  Connecting with WPA2. I connect at 54 and Excellent and it is fine for a
>  while and then it just goes to nothing even though it says I'm connected at
>  54 and Excellent.
>
>  An older notebook my wife uses is just fine less then 10 feet from me.
>
>  What the heck could be going on ?

Chuck

I had something similar with a new laptop and a LinkSys router. Turned
out I'd not set the wireless algorithms the same on the laptop (TKIP)
as on the router (TKIP+AES). The laptop offered Auto or TKIP (this is
on Linux - not sure if XP/Vista give a choice) and I'd chosen the
later. Until I corrected that I'd had frequent disconnects even though
it still registered as connected with good signal strength. It's not
had a problem since then.

Regards, Martin