Off line about 36 hours now, straight. Doesn't coincide with mealtimes,
nearest microwave is downstairs in Kitchen, but doesn't seem to be related
to MW usage. Commercials are boring, but not part of the problem. No
cafeteria, no TIVO, no cameras, all phones are 5.4 Ghz. I do have a wireless
mouse: Logitech MX700 now replaced with MX1000.
Can't answer re:Neighbors, only that we've never been able to eavesdrop on
their conversations, one wireless network, occasionally picked up could be
neighbor. Signal weak, and encrypted (not that means much in this setting
that I know of.)
Router is on streetside, but I've no choice in this matter.
Channel is set to 9
Power save on all cards turned off
How do I determine the "uptime" I can't find a setting/log for this?
As far as I can tell neither router nor modem are spontaneously rebooting.
Error message reads (paraphrasing) Windows could not repair your internet
connection because it could not complete the following action. Windows could
not renew the IP address. Please contact your system administrator(that me,
and I haven't kept anyone off as far as I can tell.)
--
Les R
All Outgoing Mail screened with NAV
Age is a high price to pay for maturity.
"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
news:717nh1l4696r0nc1cklv9o3f7u177g178m@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 17:40:13 -0700, "Feverish"
> <feverish@NOcox.SPAM.net> wrote:
>
>>Irregular intervals.
>
> I asked for more descriptive, not less. Approximate interval and
> duration in minutes. Does it coincide with meal times? Coincide
> with 15 minute commercial breaks? Are you near a cafeteria full of
> microwave ovens? Any TIVO boxes with wireless? Any 2.4GHz security
> cameras? Any 2.4Ghz cordless mice?
>
>>No 2.4 phones.
>
> It doesn't have to be yours. I could be your neighbors. Is your
> wireless router perhaps sitting in a window with a good view of the
> neighborhood?
>
>>There are other networks that occasionally show up, all weak signals.
>>Channel is NOT set to default, I believe I have it set at 6.
>
> 90% of the wireless access points are delivered configured for channel
> 6. Please try channel 1 or 11. If in UK, try 14.
>0
>>Linksys cards are WMP54G, I don't remember the D-link card, (and at the
>>moment don't want to open the case.)
>
> OK. Good card. Comes in 4 different models. Check the power save
> settings on both cards. Some cards don't recover very gracefully when
> the computah goes into hibrination, sleep mode, power save, or
> wireless card power save (all these are different).
>
>>I don't think it is the cards since it
>>affects both brands the same way.
>
> Assumption, the mother of all screwups.
>
>>I don't even think it is the router per
>>se, since this happened with my old router as well.
>
> Good clue. That's another reason why I suspect RF interference. If
> both the old and new routers were mostly working, then interference
> will affect them both equally.
>
>>(Fried a circuit on the
>>old one somehow, one day it just didn't light up) Router plugged into
>>Surge
>>protector, as is other items, only router went bad.
>
> I spend the better part of a day troubleshooting an erratic disconnect
> problem. Eventually, I discovered that the wireless router was
> rebooting. A little investigation uncovered a defective power strip
> that was very intermittant. Check your power please.
>
>>Because a little box pops up and says I am unable to acquire a DHCP
>>address??
>
> Which program is generating that error message? That's not the common
> error message delivered by Windoze XP SP2 Wireless Zero Config.
> However, that's just a curiousity item. There are only 2 things I
> know that can prematurely require a premature DHCP renewal without
> rebooting the computer. Interference won't do it.
> 1. The router reboots.
> 2. The wireless client radio or computah goes to sleep.
>
> The WRT54G has the uptime on the status page. You can see if there
> have been any uncheduled reboots by monitoring the uptime.
>
> Temporarily disable *ALL* the power save features in the wireless
> client computah and see if that magically fixes the problem.
>
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558