Good, glad to hear it. I didn't consider wifi interference. That said, I have seen wifi signal blocked by chordless phones and microwaves. Channels 1, 7, and 11 are the most commonly used.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 13/03/2013, at 13:36, Ron Pelletier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > Before I got into all of that, I decided to call Bell Canada, my provider and > got a lady who seemed to be more awake than most. She was vary patient in > doing her work. She declared the problem to be Wi-Fi interference. I live > in a high rise apartment building and there are many installations in my area > of the building. She claimed that maybe a recent installation was causing me > some interference. She proceeded to change the channel that my modem was > using for Wi-Fi and it worked after a few tries. She explained to me that > hese modems can use one of several channels and what she did is trial and > error until she found a clear one. > > Everything is working well now and I have been connected now for about 6 > hours and no sign of problems yet. > > The lady also told me not to play around with the modem because it belongs to > them and there could be heavy charges if I messed up anything in their > equipment. This is quite a complicated system as it is the Bell Fibe which > is fiber optics. When they installed it, their technician was here for 5 > hours and they don’t want me to change anything. Even my TV works off that > modem. > > Thanks for the assistance. > > Ron & Danvers > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > David Chittenden > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Not connecting to Wi-Fi, Help! > > It depends on the router and the manufacturer's website. If both are > accessible, plan on half an hour or so (if you are technically competent). > Otherwise, at least an hour and a pair of eyes may well be necessary. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 13/03/2013, at 11:35, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." > <[email protected]> wrote: > > David, > > Can you please give us a sense of how involved this is, an a scale from easy > and quick to very complicated and time consuming? > > Thanks in advance. Keith > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > David Chittenden > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Not connecting to Wi-Fi, Help! > > The next step I would follow is to go to the router manufacturer's website > and download the latest firmware update for the router. Follow the > instructions to update the router firmware. > > A few years ago, I had a similar problem with the house router. I learned > that device wifi types and codes are always updating, so routers, and device > driver firmware, really should be updated yearly or whenever new updates are > available. At that time, after I updated the home router and my laptop wifi > card drivers, I was then unable to connect to the work router, and the boss > refused to update the work router. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 13/03/2013, at 6:19, Ron Pelletier <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi David, > > Well, the success was short lived. Again I’m back to the message: Unable to > join the network > > Don’t what to do now > > Ron & Danvers > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > David Chittenden > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Not connecting to Wi-Fi, Help! > > Before resetting the network settings, go in to settings, wifi, to see if > your wifi router is even displayed. If so, double-tap on the information > button following the wifi source and double-tap forget device. After doing > this, try connecting to the router as a new device. If that doesn't work, > reset network settings and try again. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 13/03/2013, at 2:26, Ron Pelletier <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > For some reason, my Wi-Fi won’t connect. I called my provider to verify if > everything is OK and they confirmed the Wi-Fi is working just fine. I tested > with my netbook and it connects. So, my Wi-Fi is working. My problem seems > to be in the phone. I am tempted to reset the network settings but I don’t > want to cause anymore problems than I already have. Would it be OK to > attempt a reset? 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