Recently I've been having a problem with the wireless network in our house. There are three computers on the network: mine, my brother's and my mom's.

My brother's computer very rarely gets disconnected from the network, and when it does it is only briefly. My computer seems to spend 5 minutes on the network at low signal strength, and then disconnects for a minute (although today it seems to be doing the inverse), and my mom's computer barely ever gets connected at all.

It could be due to distance from the router, but in the past I usually got very good or excellent signal strength, and this problem has never occured before. I have only recently built my mom's computer, but I think I was having the problem before that. The only other thing I can think of is IP addresses - my brother's is 192.168.0.2, mine is 0.3 and my mom's is 0.4. Is there any kind of priority for IP addresses?

But anyway, I've tried everything and nothing seems to work. Any help would be greatly (and I mean greatly - this is really annoying!) appreciated!

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Also, have you added anything recently that could be causing interference? A cordless phone? etc etc?

Depends on the brand, the model, and the age of the router.

It really does sound like it's a problem with the router itself.


I have a really horrible Linksys router that just outright sucks to the point that it literally blocks internet access off. I'm planning on getting a much better wireless router for my family to replace that troublesome router.


You might want to look up your brand/model # online and see if there's any issues associated with it. If there are, they probably have a solution to it. If not, you might have to research for the best router and make sure there's no issues associated with it. >.order abortion pill morning after pill price where to buy abortion pill

redrain85 WroteMCP) NoExcuses Wrote:Is there any kind of priority for IP addresses? Nope. Something really simple you can try (though I doubt it will help much), is to adjust the position of the router if you can. Try rotating it, or moving it higher or lower. I know it sounds crazy, but adjusting the physical location of the router can help a bit with the signal strength.

Actually, that's not as crazy as it sounds. You see most wireless routers and access point's antennae dont transmit their signal in a perfect shere, rather, the signal pattern is more eliptical in shape. Also, your router's radio only has limited power, because of this, the signal has trouble gettign through things like masonry (bricks and cinder blocks) as well as walls with pipes in them.

You could also consider an aftermarket antenna or repeater, though the latter can be a bit pricey.

It's a wireless b model; befw11s4. (From maybe two years ago.)

HUGE lemon. So many people were angry about that particular brand, Bongo. Firmware updates were royally useless on that thing because it would still lock up randomly. (First time I poked it to set permissions, it locked up completely on me and wouldn't let me back in. So I got angry and reset it to factory settings.)

Right now, my computer is hooked up to a very stable d-link wired router that my fiance recommended about a year before the lemon my dad decided to get on his own. :P (Motto: I am never letting my dad buy anything electronic without a well researched review again.)

NoExcuses-- Wow, I'm surprised that helped! Let's hope your router isn't as bad as my wireless one. :B (That is if the firmware update fixes what went wrong with it.)