If you have a wireless router that you're using as a wireless access point, make sure you're not using the uplink port and just using the switch, and make sure there is only one DHCP server on the network.
________________________________ From: Dan Covill <dcov...@san.rr.com> To: ProFox Email List <profox@leafe.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [NF] Wireless network SYSFU Ken: After reconnecting, are they all on the same channel? I'm wired, but I think Wireless routers can change channels to deal with interference. If so, they need to be on the same channel. Dan On 02/08/12 11:44, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: > Hey -- I'm baffled by hardware issues --- (so what's new?) -- anyone > willing to offer me clues? WAGs welcome, too, of course. > > I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals > seem loathe to pass. As a result, I have 3 Wireless Access Points > positioned strategically throughout. Worked fine. > > A couple of weeks ago, I had to reposition the router and a nearby > switch that form the hub of the network. Because of the change of > location, I had to unplug all of the lan cables, move the devices and > plug cables back in. Since then, only one of WAPs gets an Internet > signal. > > Usually, it is a matter of powering down all of the devices (including > computers), waiting a minute or two, and powering back up. I have done > this a few times with no luck. > > Does it matter which devices one powers first? WAPs, then Router > versus Router, then WAPs? Kids/wife are all unhappy with me that only > one wireless device is working. Anyone have clues to restore my happy > home? > > Thanks, > > Ken > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4f33168c.8010...@san.rr.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1328748437.10053.yahoomail...@web125605.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
