Wireless won't always connect

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by bob3690, Oct 4, 2007.

  1. bob3690

    bob3690 Private E-2

    I have installed a Belkin wireless g usb adapter on one of my pc's and wish to connect through a Netgear 834g wireless router.
    I have it working some of the time, but it is hit and miss as to whether it connects or not whenever I boot up the pc . The Router is always visible on my Belkin software, but I am "not connected" more often than not. If I reboot the pc enough times it will eventually work (going in and out of standby achieves the same thing).

    Any suggestions gratefully received!
     
  2. epsonone

    epsonone Private First Class

    Try and ring belkin and they will help you
    email sales@belkin.com
    Phone 0845 607 7787 i would recommend phoning them.This is a UK number
     
  3. bob3690

    bob3690 Private E-2

    Thanks for the suggestion. However, it turns out that the Belkin software is pretty lousy (many others have had the same problem) and it all works fine if the driver only is installed and the Belkin software is not.
     
  4. cat5e

    cat5e MajorGeek

    Make sure that your Wireless Router is broadcasting the SSID.
    Look at the properties of the Wireless card and uncheck the power saving.
    http://www.ezlan.net/example/powersave.jpg
    Try to switch the Wireless Router to channel 1, or 11.
    Make sure that none of the original Wireless card utility processes is loaded at startup and it is running in background.
    These free utilities might help in the finding and disabling such processes. http://www.ezlan.net/infestation#startup
    Wireless configuration in General.
    My Wireless does not work - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html

    Wireless Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

    Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
    .
     
  5. bob3690

    bob3690 Private E-2

    Thanks Jack,

    ---->Try to switch the Wireless Router to channel 1, or 11.

    Why does this matter?
     

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