re: very persistent 'limited or no connectivity'
Friday, November 24, 2006 at 3:21 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by mike
(68 messages posted)
Assuming you are trying to stay connected to the net via a wireless router, your
problems are probably hardware related. Signal strengths from wireless router/modems
are very dependent on distance and physical barriers like walls. You can move 3 feet
to the left and the signal strength goes up.
Wireless PCMCIA cards in laptops have pretty small aerials built into the card. Worst
case is that you may have to buy an external aerial/PCMI card package that connects
using a USB port to get better reception.
Mike
On Friday, November 24, 2006 at 2:10 pm, chris wrote:
>I know there's a lot of messages on this subject, here and on the web, but I can't
>find something that addresses my problem specifically.
>
>Basically I my landlord has a router, WEP-enabled, broadcasting from the apartment
>next door, so I don't have access to it.
>
>One computer works all the time, and connects very fast. The laptop, however gets
>'limited or no connectivity' basically 99% of the time. I restart, hit repair,
go
>ipconfig/renew & release, etc. No go. I've had the neighbor reset the modem, nothing.
>
>
>The tricky part comes in with the fact that it does work SOMETIMES. And, when it
>does, about half the time, its quick & normal, and the other half of the time, its
>extraordinarly sluggish (as compared to the other at the same time). When its sluggish,
>it gets worse and worse over ~20 mins or so, and finally relapses into 'lim. connectivity'.
> When it works well, it'll do this too--just randomly in the middle of internet
usage
>i'll suddenly get 'lim. connect'.
>
>I'd say on average, I'll be connected for 10 minutes before it craps out. It'll
>work maybe once a day, or once every two days for that 10-20 min window.
>
>Any ideas?
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