Comments on: Any wifi experts out there? http://walt.lishost.org/2009/07/any-wifi-experts-out-there/ The library voice of the radical middle. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2009/07/any-wifi-experts-out-there/comment-page-1/#comment-38869 walt Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:49:55 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=1337#comment-38869 Courtney,

Tried that–first, actually. The default for 2Wire seems to be 6–but their website suggests using 2 or 10. But when I contacted them, they managed to reset it to 6.

I’ve purchased a D-Link router, set it up, and set the power for the 2Wire to minimum (to try to avoid interference). So far, it seems to be helping. Long run? We shall see…

]]> By: Courtney http://walt.lishost.org/2009/07/any-wifi-experts-out-there/comment-page-1/#comment-38868 Courtney Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:51:03 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=1337#comment-38868 look in the wireless instructions and start broadcasting on a different chanel. if there are other wireless networks around and everyone leavs theirs on default (4 i believe) it’s like trying to broadcast multiple signals on one radio station. try 2 or 6 (just for randomness)

Courtney

]]> By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2009/07/any-wifi-experts-out-there/comment-page-1/#comment-38859 walt Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:16:18 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=1337#comment-38859 Hi Jeff,

1. Not yet. So far, we suspect interference and are looking at possible sources.

2. The DSL (that is, the modem) is fine–now that I got rid of the treadmill that was clearly, clearly knocking out the modem itself. Now it’s only the wifi–which should be many times as fast as the DSL service, not 1/8th as fast.

If eliminating obvious possible sources of interference, changing wifi channels, etc. doesn’t help, I’ll look into turning off the wifi in the modem/router and adding a separate router, with visible/steerable antennas. (2Wire hides them in the little plastic cabinet…)

Update: Eliminating possible sources of interference didn’t help. Apparently no way to turn off the wifi portion of the 2Wire Gateway. Sigh…

]]> By: Jeff Scott http://walt.lishost.org/2009/07/any-wifi-experts-out-there/comment-page-1/#comment-38858 Jeff Scott Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:10:13 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=1337#comment-38858 I have two suggestions that you probably already tried.

Have you replaced any equipment to narrow the problem? (bad router, bad wire, bad port)

Is there a problem with the service? (has att made any changes to your plan, done anything?)

I use the same service, but haven’t experienced any problems so these suggestions probably aren’t helpful. I know when I had a different service and had problems, those two were the culprit. The cable service choked me for downloading podcasts on Itunes and the modem failed regularly.

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