Comments on: Cheap WLAN adapter trouble http://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/27/cheap-wlan-adapter-trouble/ Basically just a WordPress theme/plugin development playground Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:17:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Software Collector http://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/27/cheap-wlan-adapter-trouble/#comment-31541 Software Collector Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:21:02 +0000 http://www.roytanck.com/?p=237#comment-31541 I had also the same problem with wireless cant get proper signal and cant get connect for long time again and again loss network and my work stop... Information here may useful to me and i will check my adapter hope i can find the fault. Thanks for Information I had also the same problem with wireless cant get proper signal and cant get connect for long time again and again loss network and my work stop… Information here may useful to me and i will check my adapter hope i can find the fault. Thanks for Information

]]> By: Roy http://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/27/cheap-wlan-adapter-trouble/#comment-20931 Roy Fri, 30 May 2008 19:40:29 +0000 http://www.roytanck.com/?p=237#comment-20931 The problem I had was that on some days wireless worked great, and then the next day it wouldn't at all. I have a mobile phone that does wifi, and it would be able to connect (and sustain a connection) when my PC wouldn't. I agree that wireless isn't ideal, but my particular problem definitely was a faulty adapter. I guess these cheaper chipsets just get a little hotter than they can handle when I listen to web radio, watch video streams, download software updates and browse the web while FTPing my work to a client's server. :) The new adapter copes much better, and has so far been a pleasure to work with. The problem I had was that on some days wireless worked great, and then the next day it wouldn’t at all. I have a mobile phone that does wifi, and it would be able to connect (and sustain a connection) when my PC wouldn’t.

I agree that wireless isn’t ideal, but my particular problem definitely was a faulty adapter. I guess these cheaper chipsets just get a little hotter than they can handle when I listen to web radio, watch video streams, download software updates and browse the web while FTPing my work to a client’s server. :)

The new adapter copes much better, and has so far been a pleasure to work with.

]]> By: Brian http://www.roytanck.com/2008/05/27/cheap-wlan-adapter-trouble/#comment-20928 Brian Fri, 30 May 2008 18:17:48 +0000 http://www.roytanck.com/?p=237#comment-20928 There's a lot of factors that can ruin WiFi signal - microwave ovens, solid walls, cordless phones, wireless doorbells, vacuum cleaners, or any of the zillions of electronic appliances operating at the 2.4GHz frequency. I've personally had a little luck with adjusting the frequency on my wireless router. I don't know how the frequencies in NL are allocated but in North America there are 11 channels which are each a small increment higher in frequency than the one before. The default channel on my router was 6. Changing this frequency to one of the extremes (channel 1 or 11) gave me some limited success. I don't think I've ever been fully satisfied with wireless networking (or mice or keyboards). Maybe it's my magnetic personality or something but I've found wireless technologies to be rather glitchy and unreliable. The back of my computer looks like spaghetti but I know that if something isn't working it's because I've yanked out a cord. There’s a lot of factors that can ruin WiFi signal - microwave ovens, solid walls, cordless phones, wireless doorbells, vacuum cleaners, or any of the zillions of electronic appliances operating at the 2.4GHz frequency.

I’ve personally had a little luck with adjusting the frequency on my wireless router. I don’t know how the frequencies in NL are allocated but in North America there are 11 channels which are each a small increment higher in frequency than the one before. The default channel on my router was 6. Changing this frequency to one of the extremes (channel 1 or 11) gave me some limited success.

I don’t think I’ve ever been fully satisfied with wireless networking (or mice or keyboards). Maybe it’s my magnetic personality or something but I’ve found wireless technologies to be rather glitchy and unreliable. The back of my computer looks like spaghetti but I know that if something isn’t working it’s because I’ve yanked out a cord.

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