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Shizuo wrote on 2011-03-02 15:02
This isn't just Mabinogi, this is my Internet. It keeps getting disconnected every five minutes even though when I go to look at the thing (the router??), it says it's still online, yet I can't get a signal. I know it shouldn't be this bad since my computer and the router are like right next to each other and my wireless connection has never been this bad. I can't really do anything without getting disconnected.
I think it might be because I just spent a week at my dad's (taking my computer because I needed to get some things done on it), who uses ethernet cables. When I brought my computer back home, it automatically connected to the right wireless signal, but it's "very low" even though the router is right there. Is there still something I need to do to stop this disconnecting?
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EndlessDreams wrote on 2011-03-02 17:07
Try your internet without your router, and see if it disconnects every 5 minute.
If it doesn't, chances are that your router might have problems. Get a new router, maybe.
If it does, maybe the modem for your internet has problems, get a new one.
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Shizuo wrote on 2011-03-02 17:09
Well, the thing is, I switched to AT&T a long time ago, and now it's just one box o.O I'm not a very technical person, so I'm just not sure what to do.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-03-04 04:01
I'm guessing there's interference on your wireless channel. Basically, the wireless router chooses one out of several channels available for communication. If it chooses a crowded channel (ie. your neighbours' routers use the same channel), for whatever reason, you will get interference and therefore a crappy signal. To fix this, you have to go into your router's wireless section of the control panel and either pick a different channel from the list and test it, or select the channel auto-scan option (if available) so that it will select the least busy channel. Or you could try to power cycle the router and hope that the software will select a better channel when it boots up.
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Shizuo wrote on 2011-03-04 20:48
Okay. nevermind. they didn't fix it :/ how do I change channels because there's no list or anything.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-03-05 00:45
There should be an interface similar to this in your control panel for wireless settings:
[Image: http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6443/wirelessformuyo.png]
If your router has no channel auto scan, then try testing channels 1, 6 and 11 and see which gives you better performance.
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Shizuo wrote on 2011-03-05 01:04
Whoa, it looks NOTHING like that ._.; I have XP. Is that Vista or mac or something? @_@
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-03-05 04:00
Sorry I wasn't clear. That's the wireless router's control panel, accessed from the router itself--it's not a part of Windows. In my case, it's a D-Link model. Yours will have a different UI, but it should have similar options. You need to access the router control panel through your browser, usually at the address of
http://192.168.0.1 or
http://192.168.1.1
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Shizuo wrote on 2011-03-05 04:08
Well, I went to my dad for help since he's an IT administrator and he said to do some stuff in the command thing @.@ so that's what I ended up doing. It seems to have helped so far.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-03-05 05:02
I don't see how that would help you get a more stable signal. :P But if it works, then great!
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Shizuo wrote on 2011-03-05 15:49
well I have a laptop too and I tested to see if it was just the internet or this computer and it was just this computer. The laptop connected fine and didn't have any problems getting disconnected.