Wireless woes.

Slinwagh · 07-04-2009, 20:24

My brother in law has been having problems with his wireless LAN, he bought a Linksys WAG160N to replace a Netgear DG834G which he thought was as fault, alas he is still having the same issues, these are.

Clients fail to see the WLAN
Clients fail to connect to the WLAN
Clients connect but do net get a IP address via DHCP.
Clients connect, get an IP address but the connection drops within a minute

There are 4 laptops, 3 with an Atheros wireless chipset and one with an Intel wireless chipset, all the clients are running Vista.

I have been there today to try and sort it out and I have got nowhere fast.

So far I have:

Updated all drivers on all clients.
Factory reset both routers.
Update the firmware on both routers.

I have also systematically test to see whether it is an encryption issue, unfortunately they above can be replicated with no encryption enabled.

MAC address filtering was also disabled.

So far I have not been able to get a client to establish a sustained WLAN connection.

The bizarre things is that all of the problems occur regardless of whether the Linksys router is in use or the Netgear.

Also my iPhone has the same issue.

I can't imagine both routers are duff and also the fact that I am having issues with different types of WLAN adapter has left me stumped, I initially thought it was an issue with the Atheros chipset but the iPhone and Intel problems seem to blow that theory out of the water.

HELP !!!!!!!

07-04-2009, 20:24	#1
Slinwagh Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 107	Wireless woes. My brother in law has been having problems with his wireless LAN, he bought a Linksys WAG160N to replace a Netgear DG834G which he thought was as fault, alas he is still having the same issues, these are. Clients fail to see the WLAN Clients fail to connect to the WLAN Clients connect but do net get a IP address via DHCP. Clients connect, get an IP address but the connection drops within a minute There are 4 laptops, 3 with an Atheros wireless chipset and one with an Intel wireless chipset, all the clients are running Vista. I have been there today to try and sort it out and I have got nowhere fast. So far I have: Updated all drivers on all clients. Factory reset both routers. Update the firmware on both routers. I have also systematically test to see whether it is an encryption issue, unfortunately they above can be replicated with no encryption enabled. MAC address filtering was also disabled. So far I have not been able to get a client to establish a sustained WLAN connection. The bizarre things is that all of the problems occur regardless of whether the Linksys router is in use or the Netgear. Also my iPhone has the same issue. I can't imagine both routers are duff and also the fact that I am having issues with different types of WLAN adapter has left me stumped, I initially thought it was an issue with the Atheros chipset but the iPhone and Intel problems seem to blow that theory out of the water. HELP !!!!!!!