Hey -- I'm baffled by hardware issues --- (so what's new?) -- anyone
willing to offer me clues? WAGs welcome, too, of course.
I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals
seem loathe to pass. As a result, I have 3 Wireless Access Points
positioned strategically throughout. Worked fine.
A couple of weeks ago, I had to reposition the router and a nearby
switch that form the hub of the network. Because of the change of
location, I had to unplug all of the lan cables, move the devices and
plug cables back in. Since then, only one of WAPs gets an Internet
signal.
Usually, it is a matter of powering down all of the devices (including
computers), waiting a minute or two, and powering back up. I have done
this a few times with no luck.
Does it matter which devices one powers first? WAPs, then Router
versus Router, then WAPs? Kids/wife are all unhappy with me that only
one wireless device is working. Anyone have clues to restore my happy
home?
Thanks,
Ken
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Can you ping all of the access points?
Rick Q
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On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) <
foxhelp@information-architecture.com> wrote:
> Hey -- I'm baffled by hardware issues --- (so what's new?) -- anyone
> willing to offer me clues? WAGs welcome, too, of course.
>
> I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals
> seem loathe to pass. As a result, I have 3 Wireless Access Points
> positioned strategically throughout. Worked fine.
>
> A couple of weeks ago, I had to reposition the router and a nearby
> switch that form the hub of the network. Because of the change of
> location, I had to unplug all of the lan cables, move the devices and
> plug cables back in. Since then, only one of WAPs gets an Internet
> signal.
>
> Usually, it is a matter of powering down all of the devices (including
> computers), waiting a minute or two, and powering back up. I have done
> this a few times with no luck.
>
> Does it matter which devices one powers first? WAPs, then Router
> versus Router, then WAPs? Kids/wife are all unhappy with me that only
> one wireless device is working. Anyone have clues to restore my happy
> home?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
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Yes. Throw out all the computers... <g,d&r>
But seriously, if you can connect directly to the WAPs/router, see what the management interfaces can tell you about the TCP/IP settings, etc. Something may have reverted to a factory setting and you probably need to reconfigure it all again.
Or you can throw out all the damn computers...
--
rk
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Kids/wife are all unhappy with me that only one wireless device is working. Anyone have clues to restore my happy home?
Thanks,
Ken
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Are you using static or dynamic IPs?
Mike
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Subject: [NF] Wireless network SYSFU
From: Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) <foxhelp@information-architecture.com>
To: profoxtech@leafe.com
Date: 2/8/2012 1:44 PM
Hey -- I'm baffled by hardware issues --- (so what's new?) -- anyone
willing to offer me clues? WAGs welcome, too, of course.
I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals
seem loathe to pass. As a result, I have 3 Wireless Access Points
positioned strategically throughout. Worked fine.
A couple of weeks ago, I had to reposition the router and a nearby
switch that form the hub of the network. Because of the change of
location, I had to unplug all of the lan cables, move the devices and
plug cables back in. Since then, only one of WAPs gets an Internet
signal.
Usually, it is a matter of powering down all of the devices (including
computers), waiting a minute or two, and powering back up. I have done
this a few times with no luck.
Does it matter which devices one powers first? WAPs, then Router
versus Router, then WAPs? Kids/wife are all unhappy with me that only
one wireless device is working. Anyone have clues to restore my happy
home?
Thanks,
Ken
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Believe it or not, you can make your WAP signal directional. Put some
aluminum foil behind it and create a parabola which will reflect the signal
towards the intended targets. I had to do this on my Linksys router which is
located on the first floor. My wife's pc couldn't get a strong enough
signal, until I did that. There was no place to put a higher db antenna, so
I did the next best thing.
John
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Subject: Re: [NF] Wireless network SYSFU
Can you ping all of the access points?
Rick Q
quilhotr@gmail.com
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) <
foxhelp@information-architecture.com> wrote:
> Hey -- I'm baffled by hardware issues --- (so what's new?) -- anyone
> willing to offer me clues? WAGs welcome, too, of course.
>
> I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals
> seem loathe to pass. As a result, I have 3 Wireless Access Points
> positioned strategically throughout. Worked fine.
>
> A couple of weeks ago, I had to reposition the router and a nearby
> switch that form the hub of the network. Because of the change of
> location, I had to unplug all of the lan cables, move the devices and
> plug cables back in. Since then, only one of WAPs gets an Internet
> signal.
>
> Usually, it is a matter of powering down all of the devices (including
> computers), waiting a minute or two, and powering back up. I have done
> this a few times with no luck.
>
> Does it matter which devices one powers first? WAPs, then Router
> versus Router, then WAPs? Kids/wife are all unhappy with me that only
> one wireless device is working. Anyone have clues to restore my happy
> home?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
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On 2/8/12 11:44 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote:
> I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals
> seem loathe to pass.
I have wood lath and plaster walls and the wifi is great throughout. The single AP is
in one of the corner bedrooms and the opposite corner gets great signal. I wonder
what the difference is?
Paul
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...lead paint?
Mike
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Subject: Re: [NF] Wireless network SYSFU
From: Paul McNett <p@ulmcnett.com>
To: profoxtech@leafe.com
Date: 2/8/2012 2:11 PM
On 2/8/12 11:44 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote:
> I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals
> seem loathe to pass.
I have wood lath and plaster walls and the wifi is great throughout. The single AP is
in one of the corner bedrooms and the opposite corner gets great signal. I wonder
what the difference is?
Paul
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Antenna strength, most likely. I had an older Linksys router that didn't get
to all parts of my house, so I bought an 18 db antenna from radiolabs.com
and the problems went away.
John
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Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 2:12 PM
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On 2/8/12 11:44 AM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote:
> I have an old house with plaster walls through which wireless signals
> seem loathe to pass.
I have wood lath and plaster walls and the wifi is great throughout. The
single AP is in one of the corner bedrooms and the opposite corner gets
great signal. I wonder what the difference is?
Paul
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On 2/8/12 12:40 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
> ...lead paint?
I have several layers of lead paint to go with the wood lath and plaster.
Paul
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I have an old farmhouse in France with 3 foot walls. I have two routers and
I can get Wi-Fi in any room in the house and even across the courtyard to
the gite in one room. However I recently got hold of some Ethernet over
mains and they work a treat.
Al
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