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Dave Taylor
I want to test my suspicion that the use of a security code is causing my constant problem of loss of connection when the computer is unattended for a while.
(When I close the lid or wander off for a while or restart the computer, I get the Low or No Connectivity warning box.)
I have tried many of the patches or fixes provided out there to fix this -no joy.

Anyway, it seems it won't let me disable the WEP data encryption. When I do, it never allows me to connect.
 
Dave, if you disable WEP on the laptop, you also have to do it in the router. Are you doing it in both devices, or just one?
 
Thank Troy, just have to figure out how to get to the router now I guess, if that is possible.
 
Click Start
Click Run
Type in: cmd
Hit Enter
A black box will show up. In that box:
type in: ipconfig /all
Hit enter

Paste all the contents in here -- or just look at your gateway. That is the address you'll go to in your browser http://gateway ..It will most likely be either http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1
 
Could power management settings be shutting down the wireless card when the computer is idle for a while? Just a wag so take it with a grain of salt.
 
Thanks to all who replied and assisted, you guys have gotten me over a lot of tech obstacles over the years.

This one has really paid off. Once I removed the security feature, I no longer have to log onto the router 10 times a day. (ok, go ahead and tell me the disadvantages of disabling the security features)

Huge thanks to Troy for taking the time to call and talk me through yet another computer nightmare; I owe ya, pal.
 
If you truly are in the middle of nowhere, then you should be okay. Things get more risky, however, as you get closer to the edges of nowhere.

Rich
 
Guys, trust me- Dave is largely protected from unauthorized use by pure geography- you'd need a well-aimed directional to get adequate signal from any point not on his property.

There's another thing, Dave - you can probably, if you like, enable a much more modest form of security, one which I have found to be a lot less likely to cause dropped connections. It is called, "MAC filtering." Doubt you really need it, but the option's out there.

What you ought to do on a regular basis: log into your administration screen on the router and check to see what connections are active; unless you see an unfamiliar one, you're probably OK.
 
TangoWhiskey said:
You already did, remember? Use either http://homeportal, or http://192.168.1.1....
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augh! I hate to be an insufferable techo-eedjot, Troy - but when Spike said:

log into your administration screen on the router and check to see what connections are active; unless you see an unfamiliar one, you're probably OK..
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I figured he was talking about some other thing. Are you guys saying I can go here and see if others have been piggybacking on my wireless signal?
 

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Dave:

You note that, on the "at a glance" page you posted, it shows your computer and Janet's computer as being connected.

I suspect that, if you click on the "View the home network" link, you'll get a little more detail but, because I do not have a 3Wire, I cannot give you a screensnap. It should, though, give you an entry for each computer which is connected to the access point.
 
SCCutler said:
Guys, trust me- Dave is largely protected from unauthorized use by pure geography- you'd need a well-aimed directional to get adequate signal from any point not on his property.

There's another thing, Dave - you can probably, if you like, enable a much more modest form of security, one which I have found to be a lot less likely to cause dropped connections. It is called, "MAC filtering." Doubt you really need it, but the option's out there.

What you ought to do on a regular basis: log into your administration screen on the router and check to see what connections are active; unless you see an unfamiliar one, you're probably OK.
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You can enhance your "geographic" security by putting the router in the basement (if you don't have one of those, just put it as low as you can in the middle of the house. Baring someone "war flying" overhead the signal won't reach the edge of your property.
 
Heh-heh-heh, he said, "basement"!

Like, dude, he's in west Texas. He'd need dynamite to build a basement.

But it's a good thought.
 
SCCutler said:
Heh-heh-heh, he said, "basement"!

Like, dude, he's in west Texas. He'd need dynamite to build a basement.

But it's a good thought.
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Yeahbut, the oil you hit pays for the escavation, right? :p
 
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