Sweet...they go to 11 (name that movie :) )

I'm on a roll today, baby.

Shook

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Wireless Routers

Actually this reminded me, I did have a client a year or so ago with a similar 
problem, and changing the channel the Netgear used solved the connection issue 
for him.  I can't remember if we changed from channel 11 to 8, or 8 to 11 , but 
you get the idea.

Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security
'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Wireless Routers

I had a similar experience with trouble shooting a friend's home network.  She 
had a Netgear set up that was about a year and half old that included a router 
and additional access point.  Nothing I did would get the Netgear to keep a 
consistent connection; including pushing the reset button(s).  Changed to 
Linksys and everything came up fine.

Bill Lambert
Concuity
Phone  847-941-9206

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From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Wireless Routers

I'm pretty sure the Netgear was an 802.11G router. The Dell laptop has a Dell 
Wireless Dual-Band WLAN card in it (on-board.) The Desktop machine had an 
Edimax EX-7128G 802.11 b/g card installed. Once I got the Linksys in, it 
connected right up and even got an IP address. Not to mention that the client 
said his Vista laptop had problems getting onto the internet that morning 
wirelessly.

I've had problems with Netgear wireless routers before and that's part of the 
reason I will refuse to use Netgear wireless routers in the future. Wired, 
sure. Wireless, no.

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From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Wireless Routers

Could be a dumb question, but what was the Netgear, 802.11A, 802.11B, 802.11G, 
and what was the wireless adapter in the user systems ?

Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security
'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:17 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Wireless Routers

This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a client's site (side job) 
trying to get their desktop to link up to their existing wireless router 
(Netgear.) I never succeeded and I was also unable to get my Dell laptop to 
talk to their wireless router. After fussing with it for over  2 hours, I went 
to Walmart and bought a WRT54GS2 Linksys wireless (same exact model I have at 
home) and hooked it up. Instant success.
Long story short - if I ever have a job where I can't get the wireless to 
connect, and the user has a Netgear wireless router, I'm not even going to 
spend time on it, I'll just tell the client I'm going to go buy a different 
router that *will* work and get another Linksys.
Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone who's looking for a new wireless 
router. :)

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