for all of you out there that have witnessed my total frustration with this wireless thing.....i have some news........not overwhelmingly good news, but news.
i went to bed this morning at 3:30 am. i was snuggled in and suddenly heard something tinkling.........like a wind chime. i sat up, looked around in the darkness (not very smart, i know) but there were no obvious reasons for the sound. then i heard something else. i got up and went over to the computer and touched the mouse to bring the dinosaur out of hibernation, and voila, i had internet access. years ago, before putting my puter in storage, i had set my greeting to arnold the governator. he says "where have you been?" when you open aol. there, in his deep, accented voice, was the governator himself, arnold, asking me where i had been. i was so overjoyed, that i actually answered him, lol. i was able to access my aol and read some mail, and even write an email to a friend..............but as i hit the send button...........i lost my connection.
sigh...............
so, i figure that the problem is the strength in signal or possibly interference from trees, other radio signals, etc. i am going to try again tonight and put the wireless adaptor closer to the window and in better view of the signal origin. i mean, the water tower is the tallest thing in town, and you can see it from my bedroom.........so i don't understand why it wouldn't be strong enough. but then, it is also possible that the company that is setting up this wireless system is still working out flaws. they are supposed to have the project completed in two years. it has only been one and a half so far.
though fleeting, i felt victory.....................WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So, when the computer logged off, did Arnold say "Ahlll be bahk".
I have actually had some recent exposure to wireless troubleshooting with a buddy of mine's mobile computer. He is far from computer litterate, so he relies on me for tech support...he's in a bad way. Anyway, his computer was doing the same thing yours is...it would connect, then disconnect. For the most part, it just didn't work, but every once in a while he would get a signal for a second, maybe two.
I spent about an hour working on it with the help of our IT person. We went through everything, but nothing worked. We finally came to the conclusion that because the signal was off and on, it was a hardware issue. We put the car out at the radio shop with instructions to get a new wireless card installed. When we got it back, everything was functioning correctly.
Might it be possible that your card is defective? Can you exchange it, or have the warranty replace it? That might get you up and running.
Greg
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