All, Just thought I'd update you on this.
The dropping of the signal was due to the location of the router - so that has now been solved. The really long delay when booting up was a curious one, but basically I noticed when load up explorer it also took absolutely ages, and in the bottom lefthand corner of explorer it stated "searching for items"..... Well I did a google for this and the suggestion was to disable WIA (Windows Image Acquisition). I did this and all is well and the logon process takes next to no time to completed. (This service was kicking in before loading up the WLAN drivers) Might be worth bearing in mind if your explorer "searching for items" is causing you long delays. Robbo. Rob Anderson | Software Engineer | Pegasus, an Infor company | Tel: +44 (0)1536 49 5006 | Fax: +44 (0)1536 495214 | Mobile: +44 (0)7917 615401 Orion House, Orion Way | Kettering | Northants | NN15 6PE | UK www.pegasus.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Anderson Sent: 17 January 2008 08:40 To: ProFox Email List Subject: [NF] Wireless Router & Startup software. Hi All, I have two problems and was looking for ideas. Current setup is like this :- I have two laptops and two routers "available" to me (well one is the next door neighbours that isn't encrypted :-) ). My work laptop will connect to both without any problem whatsoever and never drops the line. My home laptop connects to the next door neighbours fine with no problem. Having said that the home laptop does "briefly" connect to my home router but drops ALL the time. So my questions being would be, is it my home laptop or the router at fault? If it's the router, then why would my work laptop be fine with it? If it's the laptop, then why would it connect to the neighbours router perfectly ok (and never drop)? Ok, next problem is this. The home laptop is incredibly slow to connect wireless connection at startup/logon. (Or even just selecting "Start", then "Network Connections" to browse / connect to.) I've added the usual stuff of specifying the ip and DNS addresses to the wireless connection, and it is still very slow. Does anyone have any recommendations of some software that displays timings of startup items so as I can track it down further. I tried Boot Log XP from here www.greatis.com/utilities/bootlogxp/, but it only records the log process for 30 seconds, (which is nowhere near enough for my laptop - it always is usually 4 to 5 minutes + to get connected / started up). Any thoughts or recommendations would be gratefully received (other than BOOTVIS). TIA, Lurker (aka Robbo.) :-) Rob Anderson | Software Engineer | Pegasus, an Infor company | Tel: +44 (0)1536 49 5006 | Fax: +44 (0)1536 495214 | Mobile: +44 (0)7917 615401 Orion House, Orion Way | Kettering | Northants | NN15 6PE | UK www.pegasus.co.uk [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
