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  • Ray@TastyDollars
    www.TastyDollars.com
    • May 2002
    • 6797
    #1

    Lose wireless connection with LINKSYS?

    Anybody have a Linksys wireless hub? Do you lose connection every once in a while?

    WTF is wrong with this fucker? Every couple months I lose my wireless connection to my Laptop(Toshiba). I usually get it back by fucking around with the chanels, restarting the wi-fi hub and laptop. This time around I cant get it back, I even updated to the latest Toshiba and Linsys drivers.

    Im just about to chuck the fucker out the window

    Ray
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    • NetRodent
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2002
      • 3985
      #2
      I've experienced a similar problem with my linksys hub and toshiba laptop. I lose my connection one or two times a week. Usually its comes back on its own about 15 minutes later although on one occasion it lasted several hours. Interestingly my wife's laptop (also a Toshiba) has the same problem but rarely at the same time. However, when I lose my connection to the linksys I am often still able to connect to other wireless networks. It hasn't annoyed me enough to figure out exactly what is going wrong, I just assume its interferance on that channel.
      "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
      --H.L. Mencken

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        • Oracle Porn
          Affiliate
          • Oct 2002
          • 24433
          #3
          same shit here
          linksys hub and toshiba laptop


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            • ilsoph
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2002
              • 225
              #4
              Originally posted by Ray
              Anybody have a Linksys wireless hub? Do you lose connection every once in a while?

              WTF is wrong with this fucker? Every couple months I lose my wireless connection to my Laptop(Toshiba). I usually get it back by fucking around with the chanels, restarting the wi-fi hub and laptop. This time around I cant get it back, I even updated to the latest Toshiba and Linsys drivers.

              Im just about to chuck the fucker out the window

              Ray
              do you have WEP turned on?

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                • Ray@TastyDollars
                  www.TastyDollars.com
                  • May 2002
                  • 6797
                  #5
                  Originally posted by ilsoph


                  do you have WEP turned on?
                  Nope, its disabled

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                    • Ray@TastyDollars
                      www.TastyDollars.com
                      • May 2002
                      • 6797
                      #6
                      This might work for some of you.

                      http://209.167.114.38/support//TECHS...-TSB000823.htm

                      Didnt do shit for me

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                        • ilsoph
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 225
                          #7
                          dunno then.. i just attribute it to interference..

                          but soon i will have a hawkings with dual WAN (multi-home).. good bye stinky linksys!

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                            • washiez
                              Confirmed User
                              • Feb 2001
                              • 1118
                              #8
                              I love my linksys
                              every click counts...

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                                • JimmySlits
                                  Registered User
                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 56
                                  #9
                                  I have had the same problems.

                                  Did some reading and I tracked it back to my cordless phone.
                                  Frequency of the phone interfered with my linksys.
                                  Have to reset sometimes......

                                  Hope that helps.

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                                    • washiez
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Feb 2001
                                      • 1118
                                      #10
                                      I still use 900mhz phones. I was never impressed with the 2ghz ones.
                                      every click counts...

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                                        • ilsoph
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2002
                                          • 225
                                          #11
                                          they have 5.8ghz now...

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                                            • salo18
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jul 2002
                                              • 859
                                              #12
                                              Dosent windows start searching for new wireless networks once in a while?
                                              I remember my Wireless ISP told me that I had to disable it.
                                              .

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                                                • MadCap
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Aug 2002
                                                  • 2357
                                                  #13
                                                  I have a 5.8 ghz vtech phone that works great. But when i had 900 and 2.4 my wireless used to fuck up. Possible interferance with the hub?????
                                                  Last edited by MadCap; 01-20-2004, 03:15 PM.

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                                                    • washiez
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Feb 2001
                                                      • 1118
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by ilsoph
                                                      they have 5.8ghz now...
                                                      Hell I love this OLD 900mhz Toshiba phone I have.. I do need a new battery though but the thing sounds great.. what the hell do I need 5.8ghz for.
                                                      every click counts...

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                                                        • ilsoph
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Aug 2002
                                                          • 225
                                                          #15
                                                          taken from http://www.linksys.com/covad/faq.asp


                                                          The best place to put your Wireless Router is as close to the center of the area that you want to cover.
                                                          The worst place to be (weakest signal) is directly under a Wireless Router.
                                                          You'll probably do best if you orient your Wireless Router's antenna(s) vertically.
                                                          Keep antenna(s) away from large metal objects like filing cabinets and away from operating microwave ovens or 2.4GHz cordless phones. Also watch out for large containers of water. Fish tanks or water heaters for example.
                                                          If you're having trouble with getting a strong signal with your laptop, try moving so that the laptop's wireless card antenna is pointing toward the Wireless Router.
                                                          Avoid antenna placement close to an outside wall (unless outside is where you want to be). Also, if you want to connect while you're outside, place the Wireless Router near a window.

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                                                            • DTK
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Feb 2002
                                                              • 4546
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by MadCap
                                                              I have a 5.8 ghz vtech phone that works great. But when i had 900 and 2.4 my wireless used to fuck up. Possible interferance with the hub?????
                                                              This is definitely the case. wi-fi broadcasts on 2.4. Once I switched to the 5.8 there were alot less probs.

                                                              One weird thing though....for some unknow reason, I can't use the newest drivers. They simply don't work for me. Switching back to an older driver was the only solution.
                                                              Arguing whether the Democratic or Republican party is better is like debating which steaming pile of shit is slightly less stinky.

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                                                                • Timbo
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Dec 2001
                                                                  • 550
                                                                  #17
                                                                  happens several times a day for me.

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                                                                    • JunkyardDog
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • May 2001
                                                                      • 788
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Linksys is a horrific product, and will never ever get my business again. Nothing but trouble.

                                                                      If you like wirless, get yourself Netgear. Went from 35% signal strength in my bedroom with linksys to 95% with netgear.

                                                                      Brent

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                                                                        • baddog
                                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                                          • Apr 2001
                                                                          • 107089
                                                                          #19
                                                                          sunspots . . . . . hardwire your network if you want security and speed

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                                                                            • Number1Thumb
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Feb 2003
                                                                              • 1135
                                                                              #20
                                                                              linksys works great for me, signal strength is excellent and its locked down, no fools drivin around the block leaching my shit

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                                                                                • funkmaster
                                                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                                                  • Sep 2001
                                                                                  • 7938
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by Ray
                                                                                  Anybody have a Linksys wireless hub? Do you lose connection every once in a while?

                                                                                  WTF is wrong with this fucker? Every couple months I lose my wireless connection to my Laptop(Toshiba). I usually get it back by fucking around with the chanels, restarting the wi-fi hub and laptop. This time around I cant get it back, I even updated to the latest Toshiba and Linsys drivers.

                                                                                  Im just about to chuck the fucker out the window

                                                                                  Ray
                                                                                  ... have you got a cordless phone (2.4GHZ)??

                                                                                  ... those things can fuck up your wireless shit ...

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                                                                                    • irishfury
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Aug 2003
                                                                                      • 2611
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Sometimes with wireless you will find some dead zones without the area does it happen when you have laptop in certain area of the house or does it just happen randomly?????
                                                                                      Trust no one there all snakes

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                                                                                        • Ray@TastyDollars
                                                                                          www.TastyDollars.com
                                                                                          • May 2002
                                                                                          • 6797
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by irishfury
                                                                                          Sometimes with wireless you will find some dead zones without the area does it happen when you have laptop in certain area of the house or does it just happen randomly?????
                                                                                          Thx for everyones help. I now know what fucked everything up. Yesturday we plugged in our Baby Monitor for the first time.

                                                                                          It fucked things up real good, I did everything possible, even reinstalled my WiFi card. Can not get the thing running agian! Is it possible that the baby monitor burnt out the antenna signal permanently???

                                                                                          Ray

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                                                                                            • xxxoutsourcing
                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                              • Oct 2003
                                                                                              • 3888
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Same fucking shit man, I have a LynxSys wireless router and a Toshiba laptop with a ZyXel wireless card.

                                                                                              If i'm close to the router it's normally of, but if the strengh is 20% or below it drops all the time.

                                                                                              I also have an SMC wireless router too and i don't get this problem.

                                                                                              The only thing i'll try when i get back to my office is an ACCESS POINT to boost the signal between the laptop and the router.....

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                                                                                                  • Nov 2003
                                                                                                  • 32189
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by Ray
                                                                                                  Anybody have a Linksys wireless hub? Do you lose connection every once in a while?

                                                                                                  WTF is wrong with this fucker? Every couple months I lose my wireless connection to my Laptop(Toshiba). I usually get it back by fucking around with the chanels, restarting the wi-fi hub and laptop. This time around I cant get it back, I even updated to the latest Toshiba and Linsys drivers.

                                                                                                  Im just about to chuck the fucker out the window

                                                                                                  Ray
                                                                                                  Here's what I do when this happens. (For some reason the driver gets erased from time to time or settings get jacked up). Connect your LAN cable from your router directly to your PC and do a local lan IP check, release all IPs, and refresh.

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                                                                                                    • Ray@TastyDollars
                                                                                                      www.TastyDollars.com
                                                                                                      • May 2002
                                                                                                      • 6797
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by $5 submissions


                                                                                                      Here's what I do when this happens. (For some reason the driver gets erased from time to time or settings get jacked up). Connect your LAN cable from your router directly to your PC and do a local lan IP check, release all IPs, and refresh.
                                                                                                      Could you please explain how to do that?

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                                                                                                        • sixxxth_sense
                                                                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                          • Nov 2003
                                                                                                          • 2430
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by Ray

                                                                                                          Could you please explain how to do that?
                                                                                                          Click: Start go to Run type in: CMD

                                                                                                          than type: ipconfig /release

                                                                                                          wait
                                                                                                          wait some more...

                                                                                                          than type: ipconfig /renew


                                                                                                          you should be online,

                                                                                                          you do have XP RIGHT?

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                                                                                                            • Ray@TastyDollars
                                                                                                              www.TastyDollars.com
                                                                                                              • May 2002
                                                                                                              • 6797
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by sixxxth_sense


                                                                                                              Click: Start go to Run type in: CMD

                                                                                                              than type: ipconfig /release

                                                                                                              wait
                                                                                                              wait some more...

                                                                                                              than type: ipconfig /renew


                                                                                                              you should be online,

                                                                                                              you do have XP RIGHT?
                                                                                                              Done, and yes I have XP.

                                                                                                              Thanks for your help, but it did not work. The baby monitor must have fried something.

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