Nearby networks knockout my own: what is the cure?

My wireless network from the desktop server on the ground floor to my wife's
laptop on the second floor - about 45 feet up - is run with a Netgear WN834B
cable router and mostly the connection is OK. However we are in a terrace
and there are other networks that impinge on the laptop - I detect three or
four always present - and from time to time they cause my own network to
loose contact. The signal strength of these other networks is about the same
as my own detected as 60-80%

What is the best way of overcoming this problem or do I need to go to hard
wire?

John

John Butler

Hi

Well wire for sure would solve the problem.

However, Wireless is So “cool” that it might be worth to invest a little
more effort to try.

Open the Wireless Configuration (WZC) choose to connect to Preferred
Networks and remove all the Networks that are Not yours from the list. Every
time you click on a foreign Network it would be entered into the preferred
list, so, if someone Clicks on another Wireless Network remove it again fro
the list.

If it does not work try to load the original Wireless utility that came with
the Wireless Card, some of this utilities have the capacity to restrict
connection to one particular Wireless Network.

In order to try the utility you would need to disable WZC.

Here how the Disable/Enable WZC, http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html.

Jack (MVP-Networking).



"John Butler" <> wrote in message
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> My wireless network from the desktop server on the ground floor to my
> wife's laptop on the second floor - about 45 feet up - is run with a
> Netgear WN834B cable router and mostly the connection is OK. However we
> are in a terrace and there are other networks that impinge on the laptop -
> I detect three or four always present - and from time to time they cause
> my own network to loose contact. The signal strength of these other
> networks is about the same as my own detected as 60-80%
>
> What is the best way of overcoming this problem or do I need to go to hard
> wire?
>
> John
>

John Butler wrote:
> My wireless network from the desktop server on the ground floor to my wife's
> laptop on the second floor - about 45 feet up - is run with a Netgear WN834B
> cable router and mostly the connection is OK. However we are in a terrace
> and there are other networks that impinge on the laptop - I detect three or
> four always present - and from time to time they cause my own network to
> loose contact. The signal strength of these other networks is about the same
> as my own detected as 60-80%
>
> What is the best way of overcoming this problem or do I need to go to hard
> wire?
>
> John GOTO INTO THE THE SETUP FOR YOUR NETGEAR ROUTER AND CHANGE THE BROADCAST CHANNEL FROM 11 TO 5 OR 6. MOST LIKELY YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE BROADCASTING ON CHANNEL 11 AS WELL. TO LOG ON TO YOUR ROUTER OPEN YOUR BROWSER (INTERNET EXPLORER) . IN THE ADDRESS BOX TYPE IN 192.168.1.1 OR 192.168.1.100 YOU'LL NEED THE DEFAULT USER NAME AND PASSWORD IF YOU HAVEN'T SET IT YET. I AM NOT SURE WHAT NETGEAR USES BUT YOU CAN EASILY FIND THAT OUT....ON A SEARCH

Thanks Ben, unfortunately I have already tried all three Channels you
mention with no improvement. So I will try Jack's suggestions - though I
have to say that id not find wireless "cool" but a can of works and if
available I would always opt for cable or wire.
John
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> John Butler wrote:
>> My wireless network from the desktop server on the ground floor to my
>> wife's
>> laptop on the second floor - about 45 feet up - is run with a Netgear
>> WN834B
>> cable router and mostly the connection is OK. However we are in a terrace
>> and there are other networks that impinge on the laptop - I detect three
>> or
>> four always present - and from time to time they cause my own network to
>> loose contact. The signal strength of these other networks is about the
>> same
>> as my own detected as 60-80%
>>
>> What is the best way of overcoming this problem or do I need to go to
>> hard
>> wire?
>>
>> John GOTO INTO THE THE SETUP FOR YOUR NETGEAR ROUTER AND CHANGE THE
>> BROADCAST CHANNEL FROM 11 TO 5 OR 6. MOST LIKELY YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE
>> BROADCASTING ON CHANNEL 11 AS WELL. TO LOG ON TO YOUR ROUTER OPEN YOUR
>> BROWSER (INTERNET EXPLORER) . IN THE ADDRESS BOX TYPE IN 192.168.1.1 OR
>> 192.168.1.100 YOU'LL NEED THE DEFAULT USER NAME AND PASSWORD IF YOU
>> HAVEN'T SET IT YET. I AM NOT SURE WHAT NETGEAR USES BUT YOU CAN EASILY
>> FIND THAT OUT....ON A SEARCH
>

Jack

My notbook receiver is configured with netgear softwear. It does allow me to
select the network I want but sooner or later it gets pussehd off
presumbably when the user activates his computer.

John
"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Well wire for sure would solve the problem.
>
> However, Wireless is So "cool" that it might be worth to invest a
> little more effort to try.
>
> Open the Wireless Configuration (WZC) choose to connect to Preferred
> Networks and remove all the Networks that are Not yours from the list.
> Every time you click on a foreign Network it would be entered into the
> preferred list, so, if someone Clicks on another Wireless Network remove
> it again fro the list.
>
> If it does not work try to load the original Wireless utility that came
> with the Wireless Card, some of this utilities have the capacity to
> restrict connection to one particular Wireless Network.
>
> In order to try the utility you would need to disable WZC.
>
> Here how the Disable/Enable WZC, http://www.ezlan.net/wzc.html.
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "John Butler" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> My wireless network from the desktop server on the ground floor to my
>> wife's laptop on the second floor - about 45 feet up - is run with a
>> Netgear WN834B cable router and mostly the connection is OK. However we
>> are in a terrace and there are other networks that impinge on the
>> laptop - I detect three or four always present - and from time to time
>> they cause my own network to loose contact. The signal strength of these
>> other networks is about the same as my own detected as 60-80%
>>
>> What is the best way of overcoming this problem or do I need to go to
>> hard wire?
>>
>> John
>>
>
>

John Butler <> wrote:

> Jack
>
> My notbook receiver is configured with netgear softwear. It does allow me to
> select the network I want but sooner or later it gets pussehd off
> presumbably when the user activates his computer.

Your wireless network should be able to handle yours plus 3 or 4 other
wireless networks present at the same time easily.

However, with the access point on the ground floor and the laptop on the
second floor, try positioning the antenna on the access point at a 45
deg angle or lay it down horizontally. Also, try turning on RTS/CTS in
the access point to compensate for any hidden nodes.

See if that doesn't help.