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Standard User JoeWright
(newbie) Wed 14-Jun-06 20:08:38
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Wireless connection dropping from one machine


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I'm having nightmare problems with my wireless adsl router setup. It began with ADSL problems. That's been largely cured with an XTE-2005 faceplate (although I still get wildly fluctuating SNR) but now I have the major problem that one of my two computers doesn't like connecting to it.

Sometimes it works perfectly, with approx. 60% signal strength. Then, at other times, it gets lots of drops. Often it can see the router but cannot get past the 'acquiring network address' bit. I can see from the router logs that the router is trying to send it an IP but the computer isn't hearing it.

I've tried everything I can think of - two different USB cards, swapping out the radio mouse/keyboard, re-installing and updating Windows XP, etc... The thing is, the cards seem perfectly happy in my other computer.

I've googled this problem and it seems that quite a few people get this 'one computer on the network' intermittent problem. Unfortunately, recommended solutions either haven't worked for me or aren't applicable.

Does anyone have any suggestions. I haven't got a clue what to do next. Maybe send the router back (its a 3Com).

Thanks, Joe
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