Can you tell me how to fix a problem with my computers high speed Lan connection heres the problem I am having with my high speed Lan connection when I turn on my computer for the first time in the morring windowsXp bo ots up and loads just fine but when the icon appears for the connection between my com puter and my internet receiveing antenna on my roof of my house my high speed connec tion is'nt able to comuninate with my internet receiveing antenna on the roof of my house heres what I have to do to get my high speed Lan connection to communicate with my inte net receiveing antenna I have to restart my computer a total of three consectine times and and wait untill windows boots up and loads all my programs and settings an whem this task has finished the icon for my high speed Lan co nnection appears and I see the two blinking bl ue baulbs blinking on and off this tells me that my high speed Land connection on my compu ter is connected to my internet receiveing and I can finish connecting to the internet and then after sometime of being conected to the intern et my computer will automaticlly diconect from the internet and I have to repeat the same proc eadier I stated above in this message every ti me I want to connect to my broadband internet service and surf the web. Yours Truly Sincerely Martin Jantsch P.S.Please contact me by email letting me know the answerr to how I can fix the above stated problem I am having with my comput ers high speed internet Lan Connectiuon not reconiseing my high speed broadband intern et antenna on the roof of my house.Thank You

It should not be that hard to get the computer to connect to the antenna, and you should not be losing the connection, at least not often, once it works, unless something is inadequate. Usually one only uses an antenna (dish antenna) if they can't get a high speed DSL or ADSL, or cable, connection where they are - it connects to another (dish) antenna of the ISP's some distance away locally , or to a satellite. Is that your situation? If so, do you connect to a local antenna or to a satellite (e.g. one also for TV)? What are you using to connect to the antenna? I assume it's not wired directly via a cable to the antenna. Something that was provided with the antenna, or via a regular wireless router or wireless network adapter? A wireless network internet connection often may not work right away when you first start the computer - you simply have to wait. In your case you may need to wait longer - for the wireless connection to work, and then for the antenna to connect to the ISP's antenna or the satellite. e.g. when a friend of mine first boots her laptop, the wireless G connection takes up to 3 to 5 minutes to connect after the desktop has fully loaded - that can vary a bit depending on the brand and model of the wireless adapter, or in her case, the wireless router. The wireless connection then works fine for her most of the time, although occaisionally she needs to re-boot her high speed modem or wireless router after the wireless connection has been lost or has become poor. Wireless N is supposed to be a lot more reliable. Sometimes certain wireless adapters or wireless routers don't work well together, and you must change at least one to another brand or model. How far away is the antenna from your computer? The farther away it is, the harder it will be to connect to it wirelessly. The wireless signal strength is proportional to the square of the distance from the antenna - e.g. twice was far away, 1/4 the strength. Wireless G has a distance limit (range) of about a hundred meters (300 feet) outside when there are no obstructions - the more obstructions in the way, the more metal and dense things (e.g. concrete) in the way, the less the range. You can buy directional or tiny disk antennas for wireless network adapters and routers that focus the signal more in one direction and yield a stronger signal in that direction, rather than you using the default antenna that broadcasts in all directions. If you are connecting to a local ISP's antenna, you may need to call them up and have them troubleshoot the connection on your end , or contact their web site or look at t-shooting info on their web site - your antenna may need to be aligned better. There is a max distance you can be from their antenna - if you're nearer the limit, you will likely have connection problems. A friend of my brother's has such a situation - she lives in thecoutry andconnects to an ISP in a nerby town - the ISP cameandchanged something and her connection now works a lot better. If you are connecting to a satellite, your antenna may need to be aligned with it better. Call the satellite ISP, or contact their web site or look at t-shooting info on their web site.