It's my understanding that upgrading to g mostly gets you more range. If the problem is competing networks, I'd think messing with the channels would be the way to fix it. But my understanding is extremely shallow, so, liberal serving of salt with that.
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-t - Mar 30, 2007 9:05:12 am PDT #1041 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jon B. - Mar 30, 2007 9:06:41 am PDT #1042 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I\'ve had a problem like that in the past, Jessica. I kept having to reboot the router. Buying a new router solved the problem. Plus, routers aren\'t very expensive. Be sure to check dealnews.com.
Jessica - Mar 30, 2007 9:08:38 am PDT #1043 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Buying a new router solved the problem. Plus, routers aren't very expensive. Be sure to check dealnews.com
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Liese S. - Mar 30, 2007 9:10:52 am PDT #1044 of 25496
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
That's funny, because we used to have that problem, but procrastinated and never bought a new router. Then when we moved, it cleared up. I don't have any idea why, because we were so far out in the middle of frakking nowhere. I guess maybe we were getting interference from the giant towers on the sacred mesa near us.
Rick - Mar 30, 2007 9:13:51 am PDT #1045 of 25496
What are some good PaYG companies? I think tommyrot uses Virgin and is happy with it, yes? Anyone else have suggestions
I use Virgin's PaYG and I've been happy with it. If you sign up for automatic top-offs the minimum is just $60 a year. But I only use a cell phone a few times a month. If you talk even an hour a week the contract plans start to look better.
Jon B. - Mar 30, 2007 9:15:27 am PDT #1046 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Must\'ve been those energy vortexes, Liese.
You\'re welcome, Jessica. I like to keep my asking/answering karma balanced.
Rick - Mar 30, 2007 9:18:12 am PDT #1047 of 25496
The worst thing about them is their whole marketing scheme is geared to trendy people in their teens and 20s.
Yes, the "hipper-than-thou" Website is very tiresome. They should have an icon at the bottom where you can choose the normal or the supercool version of the site, kind of like choosing English or Spanish.
Jessica - Mar 30, 2007 9:27:15 am PDT #1048 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Anyone got a brand rec for a new wireless router, then? Our current one's a Linksys.
Jon B. - Mar 30, 2007 9:29:52 am PDT #1049 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I\'ve used Linksys and D-link and been happy with both. I just go with what\'s on sale.
tommyrot - Mar 30, 2007 9:31:17 am PDT #1050 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dunno if you care, but some wireless routers can be hacked. Like loading a new version of the router OS. You can do cool stuff like radically increase the signal strength.
If you're interested I can try to find the info....