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So, we've been having trouble at home with our internet speed for the last few days. It started just after a major thunderstorm came through and their automated system warned that due to power outages they were having trouble. I figured no problem and gave it a few days to get worked out.
When it didn't improve, I called up and had them send out a tech. Now, prior to this, I did do everything on my end to make sure that it was the cable and not our network. Except to plug my PC directly to the modem. I can't do this as the ethernet port on my new MOBO seems to have died. And it's only been used twice.
I'm on wireless to keep from having to string cables across the middle of the living room in our tiny, poorly laid out apartment.
So, I call and they schedule a tech to visit. He plugs directly into the modem and gets a great signal. But when he connects over the wireless, he gets the same problem I do. It shows full signal strength, he see my computer and connect to my shared folder no problem and no noticable delay, but the internet connection is slower than dial up.
He asked me to plug in my g/f's PC to the modem and try it, and gave me a cable long enough to reach. I plugged into her ethernet port, but Windows fails to recognize the cable is plugged in. We both figure that it's because the thumb drive for wireless is still plugged in, so I unplug it.
And yet she's still connected to the wireless network...
I have the tech look at it, just to make sure I'm not hallucinating. Her PC does not have built in wireless. And the thumb drive is in my hand, several feet away from the computer, but she's still connected to the network. We both go
I mean, honestly, how is that even physically possible?
So, anyway, my problem is now that my wireless network seems to work fine, except when being used to connect to the internet. So I'll be calling the router manufacturer to find out what they can do for me. I still can't figure out the whole wireless without a receiver deal, though. And I did apologize to the tech for making him drive all the way out for a problem with my network. But he did say that if he saw what I saw (without plugging into the modem directly) he'd have done the same. So I feel less bad.
When it didn't improve, I called up and had them send out a tech. Now, prior to this, I did do everything on my end to make sure that it was the cable and not our network. Except to plug my PC directly to the modem. I can't do this as the ethernet port on my new MOBO seems to have died. And it's only been used twice.
I'm on wireless to keep from having to string cables across the middle of the living room in our tiny, poorly laid out apartment.So, I call and they schedule a tech to visit. He plugs directly into the modem and gets a great signal. But when he connects over the wireless, he gets the same problem I do. It shows full signal strength, he see my computer and connect to my shared folder no problem and no noticable delay, but the internet connection is slower than dial up.
He asked me to plug in my g/f's PC to the modem and try it, and gave me a cable long enough to reach. I plugged into her ethernet port, but Windows fails to recognize the cable is plugged in. We both figure that it's because the thumb drive for wireless is still plugged in, so I unplug it.
And yet she's still connected to the wireless network...
I have the tech look at it, just to make sure I'm not hallucinating. Her PC does not have built in wireless. And the thumb drive is in my hand, several feet away from the computer, but she's still connected to the network. We both go
I mean, honestly, how is that even physically possible?So, anyway, my problem is now that my wireless network seems to work fine, except when being used to connect to the internet. So I'll be calling the router manufacturer to find out what they can do for me. I still can't figure out the whole wireless without a receiver deal, though. And I did apologize to the tech for making him drive all the way out for a problem with my network. But he did say that if he saw what I saw (without plugging into the modem directly) he'd have done the same. So I feel less bad.
Yes, I know, I'm not the one that 'upgraded' from SP 2 to SP 3. The wireless w/o a receiver bit does seem to be caused by the system reading the wired connection as the wireless connection. And it only seems to be fixed by a reboot. I dunno. *shrug* The g/f doesn't really care as long as she can go online at broadband speed, so good enough is good enough. Maybe on the weekend when I have more energy to care about nitpicking the details.
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