I've come across similar, if you suspect the access point is at fault, having done the test mentioned below (or even prior to it), seek out a firmware upgrade for it
What is the make/model ? - some even have an open source firmware (if you feel a little brave) : I've done this myself on an old Linksys that had terrible range problems (it shipped from US where Cisci/Linksys paranoia was rife at the time), stock firmware and available upgrades did nothing to help and no facility was there to boost the signal. Tried dd-wrt firmware and apart from increasing functionality by a factor of about 10 the box is more responsive/and I've almost double the output signal without any difference in reliability Unfortunately the above only works for a limited list of hardware but is worth a look (as is the openwrt project & similar) Martin -----Original Message----- From: peterboro-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:peterboro-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Phil Thompson Sent: 09 January 2009 17:06 To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Wireless not working On 08/01/2009 Michele Mor wrote: > Yes, it does work, but after some minutes (between 5 and 20) it > gives up. > Usually it does as follows: > I connect and the signal is ok. I use internet (sopcast, skype, > browse > web) then after few minutes I do not receive any data (example: skype > > fails) but the signal is still ok. > Then the network manager asks for the password again in order to > reconnect. Even if I type in the correct password, I cannot connect > to > the network anymore. > I have to reboot and then I can connect again. I have seen this before on a couple of windows laptops - turned out to be the router as it also dropped my EeePC connection. Tried various levels of security including none at all and it would still at some point dis-associate from the access point / router. Solution was a new router. Might be worth trying it elsewhere eg McDonalds free wi-fi to see if it does the same there. Phil _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
