Re: [Dorset] Wireless dropping out
On Saturday, 13 February 2021 15:32:21 GMT PeterMerchant wrote: > I have a TP-Link 305 Wifi extender and it was not easy to set up, as a > matter of fact the 'remote' wifi connection I was unable to change the > SSID, though I could change the security Key. My extender is Netgear WN3000RPv3, which is now very old and is no longer available except at a vastly inflated price. However, it defaults to creating a new AP on the same channel and ESSID as the original, but it also allows everything to be changed. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-03-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Wireless dropping out
On 13/02/2021 14:00, Terry Coles wrote: On Saturday, 13 February 2021 13:50:55 GMT PeterMerchant wrote: Powerline adapters might be a solution for Clive, Argos? If he's going to have to spend money then it's probably cheaper to by a USB WiFi Adaptor or a WiFi Extender: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1286627? clickSR=slp:term:plug%20in%20wifi%20booster:1:15:1 True, This upstairs PC now connects via the downstairs extender that I got in order to give us coverage in the Kitchen instead of directly to the router, and the powerline adapters are only used for when I connect a R-Pi to the router to update it or get software. [I mentioned once before that the Wifi connection was faster than the Powerline link]. I had been about to suggest that if he got powerline adapters, to get one with a passthrough mains so that you don't lose a socket. I have a TP-Link 305 Wifi extender and it was not easy to set up, as a matter of fact the 'remote' wifi connection I was unable to change the SSID, though I could change the security Key. Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-03-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Wireless dropping out
On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:39:13 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > So I suspect either the laptop or router have changed something > related to password access around the time it stopped > working. Given your Android tablet doesn't have problems, this > suggests the laptop's configuration. I am inclined to agree that this seems to be a problem with the laptop itself. One test you could do is try running a live Linux distribution on the laptop and see if the WiFi works in that. If you can get the WiFi to work properly in any live distro, then you know there's most likely a problem with the software on the laptop, and not a problem with the router or a problem with the laptop's hardware. If you cannot get the WiFi to work in a live distro, then the result is less conclusive, because it could just be a problem with the live distro. Certainly if the problem is worse in the live distro than it is normally, then I would not be jumping to conclusions about the laptop. Now a couple of associations I made in my mind about this: 1. You would get these symptoms if your laptop's WiFi adapter was being blocked by a MAC address filter on the router. (That is, either the WiFi adapter's MAC address is on a list of ones to block, or it is not on a list of ones to allow.) 2. Sometimes, wires that pass through the hinges of laptops can become damaged by the hinge motion over time. WiFi coax cables usually go through the hinges, and if one of those got damaged, it might cause the symptoms of being able to see networks but not connect to any them. It probably wouldn't cause problems with just one specific network, although it might cause problems with a specific WiFi channel. I'm not saying these are likely causes. In fact, neither of them seems very likely. But they came into my mind, and maybe they remind someone of something else. Patrick -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-03-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Wireless dropping out
On Saturday, 13 February 2021 13:50:55 GMT PeterMerchant wrote: > Powerline adapters might be a solution for Clive, Argos? If he's going to have to spend money then it's probably cheaper to by a USB WiFi Adaptor or a WiFi Extender: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1286627? clickSR=slp:term:plug%20in%20wifi%20booster:1:15:1 -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-03-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Wireless dropping out
On 13/02/2021 13:46, PeterMerchant wrote: On 13/02/2021 13:06, Terry Coles wrote: On Saturday, 13 February 2021 11:20:30 GMT CA Wills wrote: As Peter said below, this seems to be the same problem, only one item not connecting. So a question: if I have another router (a previous TT one) can I: Using the additional router.; 1. Connect it up exactly as the present one (same name) but located in the living room where I most use my laptop, wiil it work? Or will it interfere with the original? ((Approx 7m + 2 walls away) You can only have one Router connected to the phone line, but otherwise setting the old one up as a repeater would probably be the best thing to do, providing that the old Router can be set up that way. I can't comment on that without seeing the Model Number (and always assuming that TT provide a downloadable manual). If that isn't possible, you may be able to connect the old router to the new one with an Ethernet cable and set the old one ups as an AP with the same ESSID and credentials. You'd need to have them in the same room in that case (or drill holes in your walls). Looking at my old 3Com router that I am using as a repeater over powerline adapters, I can't find a configuration item to disable ADSL, But what Clive must do is disable DHCP on the remote router. I think that is all that I did. This remote router has different Wifi settings. The system status does show WAN connection type: N.A. and Status: DISCONNECTED, but of course it would. Peter Powerline adapters might be a solution for Clive, Argos? -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-03-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Wireless dropping out
On 13/02/2021 13:06, Terry Coles wrote: On Saturday, 13 February 2021 11:20:30 GMT CA Wills wrote: As Peter said below, this seems to be the same problem, only one item not connecting. So a question: if I have another router (a previous TT one) can I: Using the additional router.; 1. Connect it up exactly as the present one (same name) but located in the living room where I most use my laptop, wiil it work? Or will it interfere with the original? ((Approx 7m + 2 walls away) You can only have one Router connected to the phone line, but otherwise setting the old one up as a repeater would probably be the best thing to do, providing that the old Router can be set up that way. I can't comment on that without seeing the Model Number (and always assuming that TT provide a downloadable manual). If that isn't possible, you may be able to connect the old router to the new one with an Ethernet cable and set the old one ups as an AP with the same ESSID and credentials. You'd need to have them in the same room in that case (or drill holes in your walls). Looking at my old 3Com router that I am using as a repeater over powerline adapters, I can't find a configuration item to disable ADSL, But what Clive must do is disable DHCP on the remote router. I think that is all that I did. This remote router has different Wifi settings. The system status does show WAN connection type: N.A. and Status: DISCONNECTED, but of course it would. Peter Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-03-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Wireless dropping out
On Saturday, 13 February 2021 11:20:30 GMT CA Wills wrote: > As Peter said below, this seems to be the same problem, only one item > not connecting. > > So a question: if I have another router (a previous TT one) can I: > > Using the additional router.; > > 1. Connect it up exactly as the present one (same name) but located in > the living room where I most use my laptop, wiil it work? Or will it > interfere with the original? ((Approx 7m + 2 walls away) You can only have one Router connected to the phone line, but otherwise setting the old one up as a repeater would probably be the best thing to do, providing that the old Router can be set up that way. I can't comment on that without seeing the Model Number (and always assuming that TT provide a downloadable manual). If that isn't possible, you may be able to connect the old router to the new one with an Ethernet cable and set the old one ups as an AP with the same ESSID and credentials. You'd need to have them in the same room in that case (or drill holes in your walls). -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-03-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Wireless dropping out
As Peter said below, this seems to be the same problem, only one item not connecting. So a question: if I have another router (a previous TT one) can I: Using the additional router.; 1. Connect it up exactly as the present one (same name) but located in the living room where I most use my laptop, wiil it work? Or will it interfere with the original? ((Approx 7m + 2 walls away) 2. Setup the second router with the same name but add a '1' after it, will that work? (routername1) 3. Or do I have to set the second router up as a 'link' (AP?) to the main router, if so how? As this problem is only with my laptop and the wireless card seems to be working correctly, connecting via another device (second router) would seem to be a way around it, plus it's likely that the signal would be stronger, as the second router will be in the same room with no walls between rouer2/laptop. Since last reporting I've deleted Thunderbird and reinstalled after computer reset. Deleted (on laptop) the wireless setup, reset computer, then setup the wireless. No affect from either. Wireless is locked in a loop trying to connect very minutes approx, as Ralphs 'peekwifi' confirms. On 12/02/2021 19:26, PeterMerchant wrote: On 11/02/2021 09:06, CA Wills wrote: Hi All My wireless connection to the router keeps dropping out even though it reports 64% signal. Yesterday everything was OK all day but this morning no connection. The router is mounted on a high shelf in a room with 2 single brick walls between. This problem has recently started (since mid Jan), it's not consistent and nothing has changed with settings on the laptop. I have thought that perhaps the wireless card in the laptop is failing but would that not be permanent? The card is fixed and held by 2 screws to the motherboard. Do cards fail as they age? I've just moved into the room with the router and the signal is 89% but still no connection. I will now plug in an Ethernet cable to send this. Clive, i just had a thought. Which Router are you using - Is it a TT Sagemcom? I have been having problems with my Sagemcom in that one device many times will not connect to it. It happens to be the only computer wired into it, and has a fixed IP address. Many mornings it just would not connect, no matter how many times I disabled and enabled the interface, and many times caused the router to reboot. I have reverted back to the previous router which I think is the D-Link with exactly the same configuration and it works, well, it works. Can you swap out your router and see if the problem persists? Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-03-02 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
