My wife and I rely on Wi-Fi to get Internet access other
than in our basement. Our cable modem is connected to a Linksys wireless
router, currently a WRT300N. She uses a USB connected Linksys Wi-Fi
adapter with a single antenna and I use various laptops with built-in Wi-Fi or card
adapters.
We are remodeling and her Gateway semi-desktop moved about
20 feet from where it had been located. It had been above the access point
in the basement. It stopped seeing the home network, yet it sees 4 or 5
neighbors’ networks. I fiddled with the access point antennae and
its location. I fiddled with the external Wi-Fi adapter on her
computer. All I could get was neighbors’ networks on her computer.
Moving her adapter and aiming its antenna could get more neighbor networks, but
not ours, about 12 feet beneath.
My a/b/g laptop was unaffected, worked fine on our network
(and also picked up the neighbors.)
I went into the admin for the access point, and switched it
from mixed a/b/g to mixed b/g. Bingo! Both her computer and mine
are connecting to our home network just fine.
I’m mystified. Her adapter is b only, but
it has worked fine all along. Did moving it closer to my a/b/g laptop
somehow bollix up it getting a good b connection?
Thanks,
/rich