Thank you for your help, Toby... I have set it to WPA2 and will see what happens.
Andrew On 14 September 2012 20:43, Toby Leighton <[email protected]> wrote: > The WEP setting is the oldest, weakest security standard and is nearly > depreciated and shouldn't be used. The WPA/Enterprise setting needs to > have a second device such as a server to deal with usernames and passwords > which isn't suitable for most home situations. > > With those two out of the picture you are left with WPA2, WPA or auto - > which will try to use WPA2 if compatible and fall back to WPA1 if it feels > it needs to. I'd recommend setting it manually to be WPA2, and if all your > computers connect fine then leave it at that. Most modern laptops and > phones should be fine. If the random disconnects occur no matter which you > choose then the problem must be somewhere else, nearby radio interference > of some kind maybe? > > On 14 September 2012 08:33, Andrew Tett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We have been with WM for a few years now for Internet Access only. It >> has been a mixed bag so far, and when I 'phoned up threatening to leave >> over what I consider to be a generally less-than-reliable service I was >> offered an upgrade to 30Mb broadband at less money than we have been paying >> for our existing service! >> >> Along with this came a new modem, a so-callled Netgear "Super Hub" >> VMDG480. It seems to be proving a rather temperamental modem though in >> regard to the WiFi connection. It uses WPA-2 security, and my feeling is >> this is the issue. The odd thing is that at times of the day any of our >> WiFi connected computers, both PC and Mac, will suddenly show as >> disconnected. Then trying a re-connect sometimes works and then sometimes >> not. We have not had this issue with our previous routers. Re-setting the >> router is a common occurance now and that seems to usually make things come >> good. >> >> There are other settings in the router software - currently set to >> WPA-Auto, I could choose WPA2-PSK[AES], WPA-PSK[TKIP], WPA/WPA2 Enterprise, >> or WEP. There is also something about a WPS Pin setting. I'm afraid that >> I know nothing about the details about these but if one of them would be >> more reliable and work with all our computers it might be worth >> investigating? >> >> Sorry about the ignorance. I have learned what I know about computers >> only through trial and error and this forum! Thank you for all your input! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
