The wireless network in my house went haywire. It worked on three PCs, 1 had a horrible connection, and 1 cannot connect. In between Hubby and me, we invested a great provide of time studying and attempting to figure out the issue. We narrowed down the possibilities couple of by carrying out tests. Hubby is the network king in our house and I discovered a bit in operating with him. In actuality, I solved the issue… temporarily.

I think the wireless on the router is poor. It works fine when we hook miles of cable to it (I’ve tripped much more than them, knocked problems down, and chased following a toddler who grabbed 1.). I am tired of looking at the cables, so we’re contacting the maker of this router as properly as hunting for provides for a new wireless router with g (as in 802.11g).

Here are some of the techniques and troubleshooting ideas I’ve discovered in enjoying with the router:

• Appear at how numerous pc methods can connect and how numerous cannot. This tells you a tale. If all of them do not perform, then the issue is most most likely the router by by itself. Perhaps it specifications a simple hard reset. Attempt a soft reset initial (turning it off and back again once more as soon as much more on). If that does not do it, do a hard reset following the instructions for your router. Mine required retaining the reset button while turning it off and back again once more as soon as much more on and not letting go until about a moment following turning it back again once more as soon as much more on.
• If no pc wirelessly connects to the network, appear at to see if the router nonetheless works by connecting to it with a cable. If it works right here, you know the router is nonetheless alive. It does not always suggest the wireless is dead. Clearly, if your router is strictly wireless and not twin like mine (cable and wireless), this will not perform. Instead, you can examine by bypassing the router and plugging your LAN cable directly into the DSL/Cable modem.
• Do a little pingin’. It could be the ISP is down and not a router issue. Open a command prompt window (Start &ampgt Operate &ampgt type “cmd” &ampgt hit Enter) and type “ipconfig /all” and you ought to get a response back again once more as soon as much more with your IP deal with, subnet mask, default gateway and other products. What you are looking for is the IP deal with of the “Default Gateway.”

At the command line, type “ping XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX” precisely where XXX = the figures outlined as the Default Gateway. For instance, my default gateway deal with is 192.168.1.1, as a outcome, I would type “ping 192.168.1.1″ If you get a response, then your router is operating. Subsequent, attempt to ping a internet website. You do not need to know the IP deal with. You can ping by Web deal with. For instance, type “ping www.marqui.com” and you ought to get a response with the ping occasions from an IP deal with. That IP deal with is Marqui’s. How did your pc know this? By way of DNS (Domain Naming Supplier), but that is an additional subject. If you cannot ping a internet website on the Web, the issue is most most likely with your ISP.

• Have a cordless telephone? Some cordless phones disconnect wireless connections while you are using it. Stupid, but it happens. I have 1 that does just that and an additional that does not mess with it. Aggravating. I needed to return the telephone, but it was a “no return” telephone. If I had acknowledged it would mess with the wireless, I would have never purchased it. So I discovered that the subsequent time I purchase a telephone, to appear at to see if it will kill the wireless or not.
• Make certain configuration is correct. Examine the router’s manual to complete this stage.
• Attempt altering the channel. If that does not perform, alter the SSID (aka name) and the channel. If your wireless’ SSID is “Wireless” and is on channel 5. First, attempt altering the channel to eleven or some thing other than 5. If that does not perform, then produce a new SSID like “Router” and select a channel, any channel. It never hurts to reboot the router following each alter, even although when creating changes to it, it resets by by itself. This stage is what acquired our network operating as soon as much more.

The process for altering it is dependent on your router. For mine, all I had to do is enter its IP deal with (200.200.1.1, for instance) in the browser, enter the ID and password, and I am in. It’s similar to a software system or application display. Enter information, select drop-down boxes, and click on buttons to alter / conserve.

This is a handful of what you can do. Other options are much more extensive and complex. But this is a great begin and will assist get rid of a huge majority of possibilities.

Meryl K. Evans is the Content material material Maven behind meryl’s notes, eNewsletter Journal, and The Remediator Security Digest. She is also a Computer Today columnist and a tour manual at InformIT. She is geared to tackle your editing, composing, content material materials, and process specifications. The native Texan resides in Plano, Texas, a heartbeat north of Dallas, and does not place on a 10-gallon hat or cowboy boots.