WRT54G Signal issues

Hi there and please be patient with the newbie.

I have a WRT54 G connected to my cable modem. My main desktop PC (PC #1) is a wired connection to the WRT. My laptops work fine wirelessly, and all is well, except for desktop PC #2. This PC is in a remote corner of the house with a wireless PCI card and I am trying to get a reliable signal to it. It works fine, unless I am online at the same time with PC#1 (wired), then PC#2 intermittently loses all connectivity about 50% of the time.

Ideas?

Hi
Here are a few things I'd check:
Does the cable modem give out DHCP IP addresses?
Is the WRT54 G giving out addresses on the lan too?
Which OS are you running?
Do you have portable phones in the house which share the 2.4ghz range?
Brian Rodgers

If that computer reports a bad signal, try attaching a slightly larger antenna (e.g. 7dBi). These can be had fairly cheap from most electronics and computer stores.

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Jeremy

Marlborough WiFi Project