As to the channel in use, 1,6 & 11 are the recommended channels for all wifi, but I've used all of them at one time or another. It seems that some of the newer wif's search for a quiet channel if there are a lot of units nearby. I have a dozen neighbors in my area that have wifi and several are always changing channels. I've been using 9 since that one ie rarely ever being switched to or being used at all. BTW, I'm using "Inssider" software to monitor my area. I've never noticed any difference among the channels, but I just prefer to be alone on a channel.
Murray ________________________________ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Actually this reminded me, I did have a client a year or so ago with a similar problem, and changing the channel the Netgear used solved the connection issue for him. I can't remember if we changed from channel 11 to 8, or 8 to 11 , but you get the idea. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I had a similar experience with trouble shooting a friend's home network. She had a Netgear set up that was about a year and half old that included a router and additional access point. Nothing I did would get the Netgear to keep a consistent connection; including pushing the reset button(s). Changed to Linksys and everything came up fine. Bill Lambert Concuity Phone 847-941-9206 The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I'm pretty sure the Netgear was an 802.11G router. The Dell laptop has a Dell Wireless Dual-Band WLAN card in it (on-board.) The Desktop machine had an Edimax EX-7128G 802.11 b/g card installed. Once I got the Linksys in, it connected right up and even got an IP address. Not to mention that the client said his Vista laptop had problems getting onto the internet that morning wirelessly. I've had problems with Netgear wireless routers before and that's part of the reason I will refuse to use Netgear wireless routers in the future. Wired, sure. Wireless, no. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Could be a dumb question, but what was the Netgear, 802.11A, 802.11B, 802.11G, and what was the wireless adapter in the user systems ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wireless Routers This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a client's site (side job) trying to get their desktop to link up to their existing wireless router (Netgear.) I never succeeded and I was also unable to get my Dell laptop to talk to their wireless router. After fussing with it for over 2 hours, I went to Walmart and bought a WRT54GS2 Linksys wireless (same exact model I have at home) and hooked it up. Instant success. Long story short - if I ever have a job where I can't get the wireless to connect, and the user has a Netgear wireless router, I'm not even going to spend time on it, I'll just tell the client I'm going to go buy a different router that *will* work and get another Linksys. Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone who's looking for a new wireless router. J ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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