resopalrabotnick Posted January 12, 2005 CID Share Posted January 12, 2005 hm, interesting. am on a m$ mn-700, and every time the neighbor, apparently, fires up his wireless network, the notebook looses connectivity. i run the wpa encryption, he doesn't encrypt at all. what can i try besides changing the broadcast channel on the base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim2006 Posted January 12, 2005 CID Share Posted January 12, 2005 Well does he have faster internet than you if he does use his internet since it is not illegal if not encrupted LOL!!!! Well I am not sure I thought if your network is encrepted then it would work.But I see why maybe try changing your network name like at my brothers its named shizinit and mine shanes room so it does not connect to the other I think try changing your network name and telling you laptop to use that name and only that nam. I hope that help thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted January 12, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2005 yeah, my net name is diff, thing is it even disconnects me when he fires up. at least him firing up seems to be the only consistent event happening when my connection goes down the drain. even explicitly telling xp to reconnect the link fails. if that doesnt stop i'm gonna find out which neighbor it is, buy an old microwave and remove the magnetron, then bombard his house with it constantly, until all his electronics die. mwahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StingRayZ Posted February 12, 2005 CID Share Posted February 12, 2005 Are there any firmware updates for the router? My USR unit used to do that and they released an update that helped to keep the signal from getting wiped out by interference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 12, 2005 CID Share Posted February 12, 2005 umm are you trying to get your network secure? or trying to prevent the loss of connectivity.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple777 Posted February 24, 2005 CID Share Posted February 24, 2005 This puppy needs firmware upgrade first. Login and turn off the broadcasting feature. I recommend static ip only with MAC filtering. Some will argue that MAC filltering don't do this or that but I had the same problem and this fixed it. I would also change the name of the router so he doesn't know what model you have, just don't put in a name like "yo momma" or you will be inviting hackers. Microsoft has a artiicle on the exact problem your having. You can try moving the router to another room or changing the channel. If you don't want to change the channel it probably means your not comfortable with how it all works. I recommend keep playing with it till your comfortable to how it works and then changing the channel will be easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 1, 2005 CID Share Posted March 1, 2005 Also limiting the DHCP to assign only ip address that is the same number of computers.. would do the same thing that static ips would do.. Mac filtering is a must along with WEP or even better WPA.. Then he will not be connecting at all.. The other thing would be to change your channel to either 1 or 11.. 6 is to generic.. most people dont bother to chage it off of that static channel.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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