cornellian
11-19-2005, 04:19 PM
Hi everyone,
I checked many threads before posting this but couldn't find an appropriate solution to my problems.. This will be a long post, so please bear with me. I have a Windows Media Center Edition OS computer connected to the wireless network of the landlord by a linksys wireless-b network adapter (v4.0, 80211.b).. The problem with Media Center Edition is if you install SP2, then you lose the capabilities of the media center and get a xp home, so I am stuck with pre SP2.
My problem is that I am often having trouble connecting to Internet, even though the landlord says they are online and without problems. When I turn of the computer, it rarely is ready to connect to Internet as it should be. Sometimes the info box reads 'signal strength low' (that is 2 boxes out of 5), and I can't connect to Internet, sometimes it is 'wireless network not available'.. I disable-enable again and there are two possible outcomes:
1) one or two networks have been found window => I check 'connect even if not secure' box but 50% of the time get once again the same 'one or two networks have been found' box. The other 50%? Read on:
2) wireless connection successful window => If I get lucky, then I get an excellent signal strength and then can connect. If not I may get 0.0.0.0 as my ip address and my subnet mask, and nothing for the gateway(all the while it shows signal as excellent); or I may get a valid (192.168.etc) ip address and a subnet mask but not a gateway so can't connect(again, signal= excellent). Most of the time it starts with 0.0.0.0 and excellent signal, and drops to low signal when it assigns me an ip and all, so I can't connect (low signal doesn't mean low speed for me, it means no internet at all).
I have tried reinstalling the drivers, which are already the latest version.. Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks a lot.
I checked many threads before posting this but couldn't find an appropriate solution to my problems.. This will be a long post, so please bear with me. I have a Windows Media Center Edition OS computer connected to the wireless network of the landlord by a linksys wireless-b network adapter (v4.0, 80211.b).. The problem with Media Center Edition is if you install SP2, then you lose the capabilities of the media center and get a xp home, so I am stuck with pre SP2.
My problem is that I am often having trouble connecting to Internet, even though the landlord says they are online and without problems. When I turn of the computer, it rarely is ready to connect to Internet as it should be. Sometimes the info box reads 'signal strength low' (that is 2 boxes out of 5), and I can't connect to Internet, sometimes it is 'wireless network not available'.. I disable-enable again and there are two possible outcomes:
1) one or two networks have been found window => I check 'connect even if not secure' box but 50% of the time get once again the same 'one or two networks have been found' box. The other 50%? Read on:
2) wireless connection successful window => If I get lucky, then I get an excellent signal strength and then can connect. If not I may get 0.0.0.0 as my ip address and my subnet mask, and nothing for the gateway(all the while it shows signal as excellent); or I may get a valid (192.168.etc) ip address and a subnet mask but not a gateway so can't connect(again, signal= excellent). Most of the time it starts with 0.0.0.0 and excellent signal, and drops to low signal when it assigns me an ip and all, so I can't connect (low signal doesn't mean low speed for me, it means no internet at all).
I have tried reinstalling the drivers, which are already the latest version.. Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks a lot.