WiFi Connection - dropping connection

[patrick c]

I have a Dell Latitude D800 laptop running XP, and go online using WiFi.

For the past month I seem to drop connection / reconnect every couple of minutes - I don't need to take any action to reconnect.

A colleague in the office runs the same kit and dosent have this problem. He suggests that it is something to do with deleting .tmp files.... I am clueless.

Can anybody help? I'm pretty sure its something to do with my PC rather that the router set up.

Thanks in advance,

P

[bAdWaYz]

What sort of connection is this cable or dsl? Depending on what sort of connection you use the router may indeed need to have settings changed. For example the mtu settings and the keep alive settings for dsl could cause random drops from time to time. Depends on the router and the type of connection. Also the local of the wi-fi adaptor can cause drops if its just shy of the cut off for distance or there could be things in the house such as a phone or other wi-fi causing this. You may end up wanting to change what chann the router uses from like 6 to 3 for example.

[MadMedic]

I actually learned last night that channel 1 and 11 are the best channels to use.

[bAdWaYz]

Where did you get this info and what is it based on? I believe the channel used would depend more on the situation than anything else. Saying that channel x or xx are the best two outright would to me be a bit closed minded. This is of course just my opinion.

[MadMedic]

I learned it in class. It has to do with spread spectrum and the way the channels overlap.

[bAdWaYz]

What class was this and could you go a little deeper for me? Maybe point me to online doc's or the like? I'm not questioning you at all I just like to read up on things such as this.

[Archangel122184]

Actually, the channel doesn't matter unless there are multiple singnals active. If there is, then 1 and 11 are the best to use because of the spread specturm overlapping. Basically it comes down to for channel 1 there is nothing below and for channel 11 there is nothing above.

[MadMedic]

I am in a Telecommunications Current Topics Class and we were going over the different forms of spread spectrum. I looked online to see if I could find a chart like the one discussed in class so you could see but couldn't find one. You can ask Archangel to explain it more for you if you'd like since he obviously knows more about it.

[bAdWaYz]

I found some doc's myself and understaind the concept thanks for the imput. I will agree that if multiple signals are there that 1 or 11 may be better due to theere are no singnals over or under. As far as it relates to the posters issue I guess I would have to say if there are many signals around them change the routers chann to either 1 or 11.