Fwd: Wireless issue

[Steve Sisak]

At 8:18 AM -0600 1/25/07, Hayley Quesada wrote:
>I have a Pismo G3 and recently installed a Microsoft Wireless MN 
>520, after I installed the demo driver (that worked for limited 
>time) I bought the driver, but it keeps on dropping the wireless 
>signal, what I have tried so far is to close it, keep the IOexperts 
>software open (that helped for a few days), but now I have the same 
>problem, the connection keeps on dropping.  What can I do?

The most common cause for the connection dropping is interference 
from another 2.4 GHz signal source -- another 802.11 network, 
cordless phone, Bluetooth device, etc.

Bluetooth in particular is notorious for wiping out 802.11 networks 
if you have an unpaired device looking for a host to talk to.

When I had a similar problem, it turned out that my downstairs 
neighbors had purchased a 2.4Ghz phone which stomped on 802.11 
channels 5 and 6 -- every time they used the phone, the wireless 
connection dropped.

Another time someone in the next building had set up a wireless 
network on the same channel.

The solution in both cases was to move my wireless network to a 
different channel.

There only 3 non-overlapping channels -- 1, 6 and 11, so try those first.

There are utilities available (MacStumbler) that work with Apple's 
driver that will tell you what networks are available and what 
channel they are on.

The driver doesn't have anything to do with signal quality (and 
registering it does nothing but remove the time limit) -- all the 
driver does cofigure the card for operation and pipe packets to the 
operating system.

The radio is controlled by the card's firmware -- the driver isn't involved.

There may be a firmware update available from the card's 
manufacturer, but licensing restrictions prohibit use from 
redistributing firmware for cards we don't sell.

Others on the list may have other suggestions for you -- please 
remember that when you reply to a mailing list your message is going 
to a few hundred users like yourself.

HTH,

-Steve
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