> -----Original Message----- > From: Shawna Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless/internet connection drops > > Okay, so for my own education (because I'm clueless about this stuff), > would > interference affect the Internet connection, but not the wireless > connection? Cuz the wireless signal is strong as ever ... I can access > everything on our network (file server, printer, etc.) just fine ... I > just > can't connect to the Internet. My limited knowledge would make me think > interference would get in the way of the entire wireless signal. Does > interference "hog" the signal somehow, blocking what traffic flows thru > the > signal, making me think the Internet is down?
No - sorry, I missed that. Interference would affect the base signal so that all services would be dead equally. Definitely sounds like a network layer issue, not a connection layer issue from what you've said. The clichéd answer is always to look for new firmware (both for the router and the card). You might also keep a small collection of IP addresses on hand - when the Internet goes out try connecting by IP address directly. If you can then you know that it's actually DNS that's gone out, not all external connectivity. Also when it does go out see if a reboot of the router "solves" it - it may be grabbing a new IP address periodically (some providers do this to discourage home servers) and when it does you might be out until the client machines notice and re-cache DNS. Rebooting the router sometimes kicks this process in the pants. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249248 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
