Posted: 4/22/2010 5:59:54 PM EDT
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I have a Linksys router which has worked perfectly so far.
Today, my girlfriend comes and wants to have her laptop connect to the router wireless...ok, easy enough. It shows our home network on her laptop, full strength bar and no matter what I try it won't connect. After trying multiple times I give up, and turn my PC (the one the router is connected to and installed on) off. Her laptop connects to the router, and stays connected. I turn my computer back on, her laptop disconnects immediately. What the hell? |
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I have a Linksys router which has worked perfectly so far. Today, my girlfriend comes and wants to have her laptop connect to the router wireless...ok, easy enough. It shows our home network on her laptop, full strength bar and no matter what I try it won't connect. After trying multiple times I give up, and turn my PC (the one the router is connected to and installed on) off. Her laptop connects to the router, and stays connected. I turn my computer back on, her laptop disconnects immediately. What the hell? It's been a while since I've dealt with this stuff, so I'm just grasping at straws here.... but it sounds like an IP address issue to me. How are your addresses being provided for your network? |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Same static IP address on both? Even with same ip, the wireless would still stay connected at L2. OP: did you try another girlfriend? Good point... um, Have DHCP limited to 1 connection?  DHCP is still a L3, not L2. Think MAC address filtering or something thing at that layer. Or 802.11a,b,g,n. |
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Same static IP address on both? Even with same ip, the wireless would still stay connected at L2. OP: did you try another girlfriend? Good point... um, Have DHCP limited to 1 connection? How would I check this? The IP addresses are separate. When I connect her laptop to the router with a cord, it works fine. Wireless seems to be an issue. I thought about this, and I THINK the problem may that I have given my PC priority but I cannot remember how I did this or where the settings are for it. How can I check? |