Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-30 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
unday, December 30, 2007 1:23 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops > > > > actually, 802.11a uses the 5Ghz range. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#802.11a > > Well - there you go. Wiki rescue. ;^) &g

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops > > actually, 802.11a uses the 5Ghz range. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-30 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
actually, 802.11a uses the 5Ghz range. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#802.11a On Dec 30, 2007 10:12 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "b" and "g" (and "a" for that matter) all use 2.4GHz but "G" is definitely > the more advanced of them - better error recovery and so forth. W

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2007-12-30 Thread Dana
me as unhelpful over engineering... On 12/30/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:56 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Wireless/intern

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2007-12-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops > > why in the world does a wireless card need power management features > anyway? Wi

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2007-12-29 Thread Dana
eems to have done the trick (found it on a google group > posting for the problem) > > -Original Message- > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:04 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless/internet connection drops > > wh

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2007-12-29 Thread Shawna Hampton
sting for the problem) -Original Message- From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:04 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Wireless/internet connection drops what model wireless card is in the 1520 laptop? dell 1390, 1350,

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2007-12-28 Thread SMR
what model wireless card is in the 1520 laptop? dell 1390, 1350, 1490 ? -Original Message- From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:04 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Wireless/internet connection drops Okay computer experts . I have some seriously w

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2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
er [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 3:39 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops "For other devices it's harder... you may have to replace them with models that either don't interfere as much or use a totally different band." Do y

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2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
220-2835 (cell) -Original Message- From: Salweg Rettirc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 3:35 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops i thought there was a story floating around about xbox 360's throwing out interference.. even when pow

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2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
, December 28, 2007 2:35 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops i thought there was a story floating around about xbox 360's throwing out interference.. even when powered off.. ~| AdobeĀ® ColdFusio

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2007-12-28 Thread Ian Skinner
"For other devices it's harder... you may have to replace them with models that either don't interfere as much or use a totally different band." Do you know an easy source of what frequencies I am working with. Trail and error, especially having to buy different phones each trial, sounds a bit

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Salweg Rettirc
i thought there was a story floating around about xbox 360's throwing out interference.. even when powered off.. On 12/28/07, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shawna, > > Have you recently purchased 2.4GHz cordless phones? If you have a 2.4 GHz > phones and a 2.4GHz router it'll cause

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
while leaving the wireless signal strong as ever ... everything's worth a shot -Original Message- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:55 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Wireless/internet connection drops Neighbors close by? sas -- Sco

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2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
Subject: RE: Wireless/internet connection drops Good thought ... but we are cell-only. We have a phone line (required by AT&T in order to get the satellite/DSL/cell bundle), but we don't have a landline phone. -Original Message- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sen

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2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
Community Subject: RE: Wireless/internet connection drops Shawna, Have you recently purchased 2.4GHz cordless phones? If you have a 2.4 GHz phones and a 2.4GHz router it'll cause all kinds of network chaos. sas -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh,

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2007-12-28 Thread Larry Lyons
Just a quick idea, do you have any cordless phones near the router? They can interfere with the signal on an intermittent basis. >> Okay, so for my own education (because I'm clueless about this stuff), > >No - sorry, I missed that. Interference would affect the base signal so >that all service

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Scott Stewart
Shawna, Have you recently purchased 2.4GHz cordless phones? If you have a 2.4 GHz phones and a 2.4GHz router it'll cause all kinds of network chaos. sas -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -Ori

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2007-12-28 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops > > "I recently had similar problems... turns out it was interference." >

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2007-12-28 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless/internet connection drops > > Okay, so for my own education (because I'm clueless about this stuff), > wo

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2007-12-28 Thread G Money
Interference might explain your issuebut wouldn't explain mine. I think my issue has something to do with the notebook and it's interaction with the router orhell, like I said, I have no idea. On Dec 28, 2007 12:36 PM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm ... that's funked up

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2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
ssage- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 11:29 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Wireless/internet connection drops > -Original Message- > From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:04 PM > To:

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2007-12-28 Thread Shawna Hampton
ecember 28, 2007 11:16 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Wireless/internet connection drops On Dec 28, 2007 11:04 AM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop, less than 3 months old, with a > wireless > connection to our AT&T DSL router (Wind

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Ian Skinner
"I recently had similar problems... turns out it was interference." I have similar problems with my AT&T wireless router and the laptop. I am 95% sure it is interference. First the laptop will always disconnect when the cordless phone rings if they are in the same room and frequently even if t

RE: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:04 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Wireless/internet connection drops > > Okay computer experts . I have some seriously weird issues happening > with my > wireless Internet connectio

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread G Money
On Dec 28, 2007 11:04 AM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop, less than 3 months old, with a > wireless > connection to our AT&T DSL router (Windows XP SP2). Randomly (as in I > can't > see any discernible pattern), one of these two things will happen: >

Re: Wireless/internet connection drops

2007-12-28 Thread Dinner
Maybe check the firmware version on the router, and see if there are any new network card drivers for your wifi card? -- Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Elie Wiesel On Dec 28, 2007 10:04 AM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot