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I'm having a problem with my wireless Linksys router. The computers connected to the router via ethernet cables work fine, but the wireless computers are not working properly. When I type 192.168.1.1 into the browser on the wireless computers, it loads up the router setup of a different Linksys router than ours (I'm 100% sure of this). I'm assuming the other Linksys router has the same default gateway and subnet mask as ours.
Before anybody asks... yes, we are using DHCP. I just changed two of my computers to have a set IPs, while the wireless ones have automatic assigning. A few of my computers get a message that there is an IP conflict in the network. My wireless computers recieve an IP from the DHCP, connect, and show that the signal is good. The problem is, they won't respond when we try to go to an URL. I have yet to check ask my neighbors if they have a Linksys router, but I can assume one of them does.
1. What exactly could be the problem with the wireless comps?
2. Why is it that they load up another router's configuration even though they're connected to our's?
**I just want to get our laptops working.
At a minimum you should at least set the SSID for some security. If you are getting someone elses router, the setup page should show a different IP address.
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I'm certain you can change the IP range of your local area network. Go into the router configuration page and change it to 192.168.2, or some other number that doesn't conflict with your neighbor. Of course, any of your PC's with a static IP address will then need to be changed to re-join the network.
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I've changed the SSID and the IP Range. I had to set the wireless computers up with a static IP on the router in order for them to connect to the new IP 192.168.2.x instead of .1. [B]The wireless computers still can't load any pages.[/B] This is a recent problem, they used to be able to load an URL, but a month ago, they just stopped.
Their signal strength at the moment is Low and Very Low. So, the problem might not have been the other person's router, but just in case, that's fixed. I don't have time to use the search engine on the forums for how to fix the signal strength, but I did look on the router config earlier. I saw that you can set "Antenna Selection." I saw something like "Left Spread" and "Right Spread."
**I'm just wondering if there's a way for me to get a better signal now.
The wireless laptops used to work, and now they don't. I'm not sure if getting a better signal will fix the problem, though. Obviously the router is sending out signals and recieving them. Otherwise, the laptops wouldn't recieve an IP, connect to the router, and show signal strength.
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Most manuals for Linksys tell you you must setup the router using a wired connection, then switch to wireless once it's up and running.
Are you dooing this?
Larry
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'"
Charlie Brown.
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Are you 100% positive that you are indeed connected to your WLAN and not a neighbors? What wireless configuration utility are you using for your laptops? XP's integrated or the one that came with the adapters? I use XP's built in and sometimes it gets confused and tells me I'm connected to a different WLAN than I really am. If they are laptops, take them right next to the router and see if the signal strength increases.
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OK, I fixed the problem. I changed the channel from 6 to 10, but that still didn't help. So I went experimenting a little. When I right clicked on the connection icon and went th properties... I saw 3 tabs on the top. General, Wireless Connections, and Advanced. Under Wireless Connections, there is a list of "Preferred Networks." I saw a new network under the list... it was the same name that I changed my SSID to on our router. So... it got me thinking... that if I put that on the top of the preferred list, and deleted the old preferred network name, it would work. :) To my suprise, it worked. :P
I learned a lot from this, thanks to everybody that replied in attempts to help aleviate my problem!
I'm still having a tiny problem with signal strength on one of the laptops. It's on the other side of a brick wall between the router, so moving the laptop to the side and closer helps boost the signal to 3 bars. If this becomes a big problem, I will just post a new post, or search the forums.
THANKS AGAIN!
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