And . . . if one's wireless router (Linksys) channel setting is "Auto" -- which is supposed to find the best channel automatically -- is there any possible advantage to switching to a specific channel?
The only problem I have is intermittent loss of connection between the router and the ISP, requiring the router to be powered down and then back up, which in every instance has eventually restored the connection. I've had this problem with every router and every provider I've had and have just assumed that it is an unavoidable feature of broadband Internet connections. It happens at home about (cable modem) once a week on average and at work (T1 connection) about once every two weeks on average. Is there anyone out there who _doesn't_ occasionally have to reset their router (and/or cable/DSL modem) to restore their internet connection? Dan > How does one go about changing the channel? > > ________________________________ > > From: macgroup-bounces at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of Tom > Higgins > Sent: Thu 10/25/2007 9:33 AM > To: Macintosh topics > Subject: [MacGroup] Slow Wireless > > > > Follow up on Slow Wireless. > > Tom > >>> Periodically (several times a day, it seems) my internet connection >>> will slow to a crawl, when using my airport express. >>> I have a new cable modem hooked directly into the airport. At the >>> same time that my internet slows, I can hook to the neighbors >>> wireless network and get amazing speeds. >> >> Try changing the channel. Home wireless routers share the same >> frequencies as baby monitors, cordless phones and other routers. >> There may be a device on the same channel that's killing your >> performance. A couple of years ago, mine was killed by a neighbor's >> cordless phone. I figured it out when I noticed her out on her deck >> with her phone several times as the Internet disappeared. > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > <winmail.dat> > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
