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I'm using a softAP to throw internet to my desktop in my room. It will randomly cut out for no reason, and it won't reconnect unless I unplug the wireless adapter acting as the softAP and then plug it back in. (Sometimes that doesn't even work) I don't know if this is the same problem, but it also gives me an "Internet Explorer cannot load URL. Operation aborted" on two websites. (I'm wondering if it's just those two because of loading times) Any help would be appreciated.
I'm starting not to like access points. I ran into 2 of them that didn't work in the last 2 weeks. Tomorrow, I have to run a 100 foot cat 5 from the second floor to the first, for a client. If there is anyway you can do the same, I would say do it.
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It's not clear from your message what your setup is. It sounds like you have a computer connected to the Internet by wire, and the computer also has a wireless adaptor, and your are using a software program which runs on the computer which enables it to act as a wireless Access Point (AP). You really need to explain more details about your setup before anybody can offer meaningful suggestions.
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That is indeed the setup. It's a wireless adapter using asus software to route the internet through it. It's fast, but it cuts out. In fact, as I'm typing this it just cut out on me. (although this time it was because the computer went to sleep. XD) I don't know if I can elaborate any more than that.
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Well, there is a lot of information you have available to you which you don't provide. Which leaves anyone trying to respond just making guesses about stuff and you end up getting fustrated because you already know that what's being suggested isn't revelent to your setup.
One of the primary reasons for WiFi dropouts is too weak of signal. Most WiFi software includes some kind of signal strength meter because of this problem. Do you have a good strong signal? Are the two computers sitting stationary with, at least, a 60% signal strength (or maybe 3 out of 5 bars) and then it just "drops out"? If you only have 10-20% (or 1 out of 5 bars) signal at best, then you can expect to continue to experience dropouts.
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Well, it always says signal strength is good when it connects, and the computers are just down the hall from each other. I don't know what else to tell you. Can you think of anything specific I should elaborate on?
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Okay, so you have a good, solid connection between the two computers and then it'll just suddenly go dead. No connection at all. But, often, if you "unplug" one of the adapters and then plug it back in, the good, solid connection comes back. When you say "unplug", you mean you physically disconnect the device from the computer? Is this a USB stick or something like that? I'm just wondering if there's something actually wrong with the device and your unplugging and plugging back is resetting it in some way.
Oh, and, "just down the hall" can be a LONG way for WiFi. If your device has a real antenna it's not so bad, but the lousy antennas in PC cards and USB sticks have a hard time much over 30 feet. Less if there's more than one wall in the way.
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It's about one room's distance away. Not a distance problem. Yes, it's a USB wifi adaptor, and I have to physically unplug it. It worked fine as the nintendo wifi adapter, and nobody else has reported that using it as a softAP gives them this problem, so I highly doubt that it's the adaptor or the drivers. I think it's on the receiving end. Sometimes in the wireless network list it will see the network, but won't reconnect to it unless I unplug it. (Sometimes though if I just leave it alone it reconnects a long while later.) In the SoftAP log it says every once in a while it resets, could that have anything to do with it? I thought resetting the access point was regular. And even then, why can windows see the network but not connect to it? Frabble-dee-GRASTUMS! Frustrations.
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Do you think these SoftAP resets correspond to the dropouts? Does this SoftAP also provide DHCP services to the host computer in your office? When the SoftAP resets, maybe it drops the previous lease information and doesn't respond to the computer in the office which is still using the same lease prior to the reset.
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I don't know if they correspond. It may be the DHCP lease expiring, but I have no clue whatsoever how in the world I would fix it if it was. I just understand DHCP on a how-it-works level, not how to fix it.
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The problem as I understand it is, you are at your office computer doing something on the Internet when it will suddenly lose connection. That is, you click on a link and after a long wait an error message pops up in the browser saying it can't reach a site which you have previously accessed without a problem. At that point, when you bring up the software for the WiFI device on your office computer, can you see the SSID from the SoftAP on the computer down the hall listed in the available networks? Assuming you don't, you say you go to the computer running the SoftAP and unplug the USB WiFi adaptor and then plug it back in and often, but not always, you can go back to the office computer and re-interrogate the available networks and see the SSID from the SoftAP? Is this what's happening?
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Sometimes it shows up, sometimes it doesn't. If it does show up, it won't connect if I click on it, unless I unplug the adapter.
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I have a AirLink 101 USB WiFi adapter, which is about the cheapest on the market (I got it at Fry's for $10). In the software that comes with it, it shows all available wireless APs which it is receiving a signal from. Now, I can select any one of these "networks" and then the software will show the signal strength for that particular source. It won't connect unless I configure things to connect, but it will still show the signal strength. Does the software you have provide this? Does it show a good, strong signal to your SoftAP, but just won't connect? Are there ever any other WiFi sources or APs listed, besides the SoftAP your running?
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It would show it sometimes and not connect, but then sometimes it would. There was some sort of option in the SoftAP settings that would let you select which MAC addresses could connect. I also wondered if switching the channel might help, but I didn't check it. I just gave up and reinstalled the nintendo drivers so that I could connect my wii. Maybe I'll find a good used wireless router somewhere. Thanks for bothering, pyrolitic!
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