Look for an internal wireless system that's drowning out the AP. Think x10 camera or other similar system.
Do you have a spectrum analyzer that you can look with? marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Reed" <sr...@nwwnet.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 12:26 PM Subject: [WISPA] Weird one of the month > Help. > I sent a Trendnet 432 SOHO wireless router with the installer to a > customer. He hooked it up, couldn't connect. Does not show in list of > available APs on his laptop or the customer's laptop. Must be DOA. > Send another one. Customer not home so installer left it. Fine, > customer can hook it up. Customer calls, can't make it work. I stop in > and it doesn't show up on my laptop or her laptop. Two of them DOA > seems unlikely, but ... > I setup another one. Take it to customer house. Can't see it. Moved it > to another room. Still doesn't show up. Get my laptop. Same thing. > Now I am sure it is something else because I don't have 3 DOA units. > Haven't had that many in 4 years or whatever it is of using these. > I just setup the second one on the test bench. It is working fine. > Connected with my laptop and passes traffic just like it should. > What do I need to look for at the customer house that would make 3 > routers not show up on multiple computers when doing a scan for wireless > networks? > > -- > Scott Reed > Owner > NewWays Networking, LLC > Wireless Networking > Network Design, Installation and Administration > Mikrotik Advanced Certified > www.nwwnet.net > (765) 855-1060 > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
