OK here’s the deal. I live in a Duplex. We share our internet with the tenant next door. He has the main connection, and he has his own wireless network and theoretically we should be able to tap into that network. The problem is, is that his router is literally in farthest corner of his side of the house, and we do not get the best connection to his network. Somewhere between 24 mbps and 26 mbps.

ANYWAY.

We tried running a line out of the back of his wireless router, into the attic, over to our side and down into our bedroom. I have it connected to our router and I set up a network for our side. Everything seemed to go right. I can wirelessly connect to the network at a strong 54 mbps. Also, I can connect via a wire through my router (which is also through his router) and I get a strong 100 mbps. The problem is that I cannot connect to the internet through my network.

Is this because the internet signal going into my router has already gone through a router with a different wireless network and has somehow been changed and cannot b re-broadcast? I can’t think of another explaination… Does anyone know what’s going on?

Change your router’s IP address range to something totally different, like 192.168.10.1
Then, change you wireless channel to 1 or 11 instead of the default 6.
It should all work after that.
make sure your WAN port is set to use DHCP, to get an IP and the network info from his router….

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well i have a modem/wirless router thingy from AT&T. its my modem AND my router…. dont know how that works but yea. its one thing. but has both.

so this weekend i bought a wireless N router, DIR-615 from office depot, and i originally have a wireless G adapter.

well i just noticed that my download rate has DRAMATICALLY dropped. for some reason its 25-30 kb/s when i connect to both my original modem AND the wireless N router that i plugged it into. it used to be 500+ kb/s when i was connected to the modem but now its all slow. the internet loading is fine, just downloading is bad…..

so i wanna ask, is this rite? anyone know why this is happening?
ps. the router is rite next to the modem (can this be the problem? since they are both emitting wireless connections)

Take the wireless N router back and buy a Wireless Access Point that uses 802.11N.

You don’t want to have two routers on your network. That will just cause more problem and drive you crazy..

If you were using a wired connection connection previously, then that will always be faster than a wireless connection.

If you were using a wireless connection previously, then I’d say that the addition of a second router to your LAN is causing the problem that you’re seeing.

You want to use a wireless access point (WAP) instead of a wireless router. You don’t need all the additional router overhead just to do wireless-N.

Here’s an example of such a device:

We had the Linksys older wireless router and the last few days, I could connect to it, with it RIGHT next to my laptop and signal strength would say "Poor" and my moms laptop appx 30′ away wouldnt even find it, our printer runs off it too and that wont work now either, I thought maybe the router was shot, but i guess not, we went out and bought a brand new Linksys one and its doing the SAME thing and it has "RangeMax" and it doesnt work, ive reset it, updated it, restored it, idk what else to do, please help! my mom runs her chef buisness out of her home office and she cant do anything now
Well i know its not the power, and the internets fine, if i connect an ethernet cable to the router to my laptop its great, but the wireless is haywire, i just unplugged them both for about 15 minutes and it seems to be working fine, i havent tried my moms laptop yet. i hope it stays working

Given the nature and complexity of the issue you are experiencing, I suggest you contact a Wireless Network specialist in your area.

http://local.yahoo.com
Is a great site to look for one in your zip code.

If you happen to live in Los Angeles or Orange county California visit my web site:

http://www.evanscomputers.com

I’m happy to make house calls. I’m in the business to make a living not a killing.

I’m trying to set up my uncle’s wireless network. He has never had internet in his house before so he decided to go wireless. He got a linksys setup (router and pci card). I installed the pci card first, since he didn’t have the router hooked up it picked up his neighbors signal. I didn’t want to steal someones signal so I just skipped "selecting a network".

Next, I tried installing the router, thinking "almost done, just plug this thing in and it should be a set up wireless network" right? Well the thing is that the router instructions say that the pc need to be connected to the router via an ethernet cable!!! What’s the deal? I thought it was supposed to be wireless!

Well I didn’t get it hooked up, and he’s still waiting for me to do so.
His pc is located on the other side of the house from his router so the five-foot ethernet cable is out of the question. Does it just have to be connected to establish a network? How do I get it set up without the use of cables? Thanks!

You need to be connected once to the router to program it. Be sure to follow the Linksys instructions as they are quite particular. If there’s any doubt go to control panel>add remove programs and then uninstall all things Linksys and then start it all over again. you will HAVE to attach it to a router at least once.

When listening to new messages if I skip one, the next time I check voicemail, they are announced as "skipped" messages. Is there a way to have them announce as "new" again?

After you listen to your voicemail it should say press a number to listen to other options, try that.

Right now there is a red x next to her named connection, which means I am not able to access her internet connection.

If it is a private network you’ll need to ask her for the "key". if you near her new wireless router then it will show up on your windows connect to… page. Windows will ask you for the "key" so you can connect. These securities are there to stop people accessing private connections.

Will having two hardwired connections to a linksys router make a third wireless connection slower? I hardwire my Xbox 360 and my iMac but I use wireless for a laptop. Will that make the laptop slower since it’s wireless?

If they are both being used online, yes!

So I just bought the Linksys WRT160N wireless router and I hooked it up and ran the install cd. Everything went fine, I set up a wireless network and everything the install cd told me to do and it was great. Now for some odd reason I cannot connect to my wireless network with my laptop or my PC. My laptop can find the network and will try to connect but all it does is sit there and say "acquiring the network address" forever and never do anything else. Then my PC which is in the next room can’t find my wireless network, although I think it is because I am using an older Netgear USB wireless G adapter and I don’t think it can pick up the new wireless N routers although I will still be using wireless G. My Wii can hook up to my network wirelessly just fine and my Xbox 360 is wired so I just plugged it in and it works fine. Somebody help please.
So I got my laptop working, mainly because the password I was typing in was wrong (used capital letters and lower case letters when I used all caps) but I can still not get my PC which is in the other room behind my washer and dryer to even pick up my wireless network. It picks up everybody elses in my apartment building but not mine. I am afraid that if I guy and buy a Linksys one that it will have the same problem, it should be able to at least pick it up right?

Your wireless N router will work fine with wireless G and B adapters, so you should be OK with the computer in the other room.

I am guessing the encryption key you typed in while configuring the router doesn’t match what you are typing in to connect. That’s the most common reason.

Could also be you have turned on MAC address filtering and you haven’t added the MAC addresses of yor computers into the allowed list.

I’m pretty sure it’s the encryption key – make sure you are not using the silly passphrase thing to generate a key. Use Hex notation – any combination of 0-9 and a-f in a string of 10 characters. For example:
12345abcde
or
4d5a2fee21

Sometimes the router and the adapter don’t agree on the format of the key. Entering it in Hex in both places eliminates that problem.

Good luck!

I have a DS and am hoping to get a Wii within the next month or two. I really want Wi-Fi for both. My neighbor has wireless internet, and in certain areas of the house I can get Wi-Fi, but I’m hoping for something that I can use all over the house. Also, I am going to be getting a laptop (hopefully) by the end of July or August, so I need internet on that. However, I don’t know what kind of router I need or how to set it up. I currently have a cable connection, if that helps.

Buy any wireless cable/dsl router that you can install a signal booster antenna on. The booster antenna runs $50-100 extra but extends the range. Second, plug the power adapter into a battery backup(perfered)or straight into a wall plate not a power strip.

The problem most people have with routers having to be reset so many times is because the voltage level from a power strip fluxuates to much causing the router to loose its connection to the internet. With it plugged into a battery backup it makes connection last much longer without ever needing to be reset(powered off and on) wall plate direct is second best, powerstrip, look forward to loosing the signal and poor performance most of the time…

Just follow directions of installation when you get the router you will be just fine…

So I got my son xbox live for Christmas. I didn’t realize you need some kind of wireless thing. Currently his tv is next to the computer and wire are everywhere driving me crazy. I want him to be able to play in his room.
So please tell me exactly what I need and where I need to get it, and how much will it cost.
If you need more information, just ask and I shall add details.
Do I need to mention that I can’t log on the internet when he is on xbox live?

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