zlim Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I'm just doing some information gathering because this wifi stuff still confuses me. Except for 1 minor hiccup, after a brief power outtage, the WLAN light was out on the router, my network has worked flawlessly. I simply took the power connector off of the router, then plugged it back in and I was in business.On Sunday, I noticed that I kept losing the signal to my nb but then I'd get it back (I did nothing; it seemed to come back on it's own). What could cause this? (FYI, the only cordless phone in the house is very old and operates at 900MHz so I don't think that is the cause). Then today, I installed the newest version of AdAware on both partions (ME and 2K on my nb) and suddenly my card couldn't find the router on either partion. I checked, the WLAN light was on on the router and both lights were on on the wifi card but when I'd survey it couldn't find any spots. I rebooted and it started working. Again, I'd like any clues on why this might have happened so I can try and prevent it in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_P Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Static electricity in the air, the NIC or router gets hung up in error recovery. imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 Sounds good to me. As a matter of fact, I have the nb in the livingroom and yesterday morning the wallpaper guy was here. He had to remove 1 strip of paper, seal the wall because one spot showed thru the new wallpaper. He let a halogen light on the spot so it would dry quicker and then hung a new sheet of paper. So maybe static electricity was created through all that, LOL. As long as I don't need to rehang wallpaper, I'll be okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_P Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I was thinking more along the lines of TV sets, hairdriers, nylon rugs, maybe a window fan, the usual stuff we encounter.There is also the potential for a neighbor's WiFi system conflicting with yours, or your cordless phone, and etc. It happens.So long as a reboot resolves the problem, I wouldn't loose sleep over it.hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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