wireless internet problems

5KyL1N3 · Post by **5KyL1N3** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:23 pm

I have a linksys wireless router and a wireless pc card for my laptop and one computer that is connected to the router. I have internet access and everything but when I try and view websites, like speedguide.net, sometimes, images wont show up or have "x" for the images, then when i refresh, sometimes, it will show 100%, sometimes it will not. even when downloading any size of a file, most of the time, the download will freeze randomly. Even when downloading with download managers, it will just freeze randomly.
Now if i connect the cable modem directly to any computer, the internet runs fine, no errors or freezing. so i am guessing its the router.
is there a way to fix this so i wont have to constantly hit F5 every two seconds to browse a site?

btw, when i play games, the internet doesn't freeze. only when downloading files and browsing websites is when the internet freezes.

PLEASE help me.

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:00 pm

Do you have static ips set and also the latest firmware installed

here is a couple of guides for the static ips http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sup ... #manual_IP
http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=177

5KyL1N3 · Post by **5KyL1N3** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:47 pm

wow. thanx for those links, the other threads' post about setting the static ip was confusing but those links helped clear it out. i think it did help out with my problem a little bit with my browsing but my downloads still freeze in the middle just whenever.

oh well. thank you anyways for helping me out! i really do appreciate it. and i do believe i have the latest firmware for my router. latest update April 2003?

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 11:49 pm

Also disable dhcp

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 2:39 am

What wireless PC card do you have?

5KyL1N3 · Post by **5KyL1N3** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 12:39 pm

i think i have a linksys WPC11 ver 3

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 12:41 pm

I've had horrible experiences with Linksys PC cards. Some of them wouldn't hold a signal a few feet away from the point.

Try virtually any other brand of card and you will see an improvement. I recommend an Orinoco card, which can be purchased from buy.com.

5KyL1N3 · Post by **5KyL1N3** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 10:34 pm

okay, ill try other products.

thanks for the info

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 10:48 am

No prob...let us know how it goes.