Brian, Linksys was set to channel 1. I changed to several other channels with no success. Then I clicked on airport in the menu bar and saw that the "default" network was selected and there was also an option for Linksys. I selected Linksys and now everything is back to normal and my broadcast channel is set back to 1.
I guess whatever glitch first affected the router caused the Linksys Option to disappear. Changing channels seems to have brought it back on line. Thanks for your help. My original question is still unanswered tho! - Can Wireless routers and/or airport cards go bad? If so, how do you figure out which one is dysfunctional? Thanks. Saturday, January 28, 200611:03 AMBrian O'Nealboneal at gmail.com >It could be that someone in your area has bought a new router, or >telephone that is working on the same frequency as your Linksys. Go >into the setup page of the Linksys router and change the channel. I >think Linksys is typaicaly set to channel 6, if it is go to Ch.1. If >the problem is still there go to Ch 11. > If possible, mount your Linksys on the wall high up and away from >obstructions. > >Brian O'Neal > > > >On Jan 28, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >I have a linksys wireless router. Yesterday the wireless signal >disappeared. I turned my airport card off and back on and the signal >returned though it is not a strong signal - only one or two of the arced >lines appear in the airport indicator in the menu bar, instead of all >four, which was the case up till last evening. > >If I move the computer around the room the signal increases to three >arced lines, but I never get a maximum strength signal. > >The router sits atop the DSL box and the wired connections seem to be >just fine. > >Can the router be going bad? The airport card? > >Thanks for your help. > >Harry > >ps, > >when I tried to send this message via my airport connection BellSouth >refused it and gave me this message: > >Recipient >"macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu" refused on "mail.bellsouth.net" >relaying mail to erdos.math.louisville.edu is not allowed > > >So I tried to send it to Lee and received a similar message. Next I sent >myself an email to my .Mac account and received a similar message again. >Then I turned off my airport card and connected to a port on my router >and sent a message to myself and it works just fine. > >Any clues? > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >| The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >| List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >| The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >| List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
