Penny Arcade Forums› Help / Advice Forum
The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.

Internet Router Help?

TedFFZTedFFZ Registered User regular
edited October 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I have a 2003 Dell that I'm trying to get hooked up to a wireless Internet connection on a NetGear router. The computer can and does detect the network I'm trying to patch into, but the signal is incredibly weak and varied (it ranges from 1 to 34 %, depending on where I place the NetGear USB drive on my desk). I'm used to the traditional phoneline way of connecting to the 'Net, and have no idea what to do to make this connection work.

I have a brand new NetGear ISB router and all of my housemates (and a couple neighbors) have been able to read the signal and get internet access with no problems. Please advise.

"Had I not had my family, I probably would have turned into something psychopathic and asocial." - Johnny Rotten
TedFFZ on

Posts

  • PirateJonPirateJon Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Clear as mud.

    If you connect the PC directly to the router with a patch cord do you get internets?

    PirateJon on
    all perfectionists are mediocre in their own eyes
  • Enos316Enos316 Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Might sound dumb, but make sure you are trying to connect to the right network. Sometimes Windows will try to "help" you by connecting automatically to the nearest wifi with no security. So you might actually be connecting to your neighbors default "linksys" open network signal, instead of your home network's SSID.

    Enos316 on

    Enos.jpg
  • xThanatoSxxThanatoSx Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    So everyone else but you connects just fine to the router wirelessly.

    Is it possible to throw a wireless card from a computer that you know connects fine into yours?

    Also, is there anything near where you have your computer that could be interfering with the signal?

    xThanatoSx on
Sign In or Register to comment.
Penny Arcade Forums› Help / Advice Forum