Nelviticus
Programmer
I use a KCorp Lifestyle Gold wireless access point. It has one machine connected to it via cable and two connected wirelessly. In the last few days it has started dropping the wireless connections from time to time and I suspect that the culprit may be another AP close by attempting to operate on the same channel.
When the connection is up the signal strength is high and the link quality is good. I run on channel 6 because that enables me to use 'turbo' mode which is twice as fast as normal 802.11g, so switching to another channel would be my last choice (turbo mode is only available on channel 6). There is another network in range that uses channel 11 - which I understand doesn't overlap 6 - but if someone else in the area is using channel 6 with SSID broadcast turned off, how would I know? I have SSID broadcast turned off so they probably don't know about me either, but I was there first as my network has had no problems for months.
When the connection drops there are no entries in the AP's event log to suggest that there has been an error. It becomes invisible to the wireless machines which is why I suspect intermittent interference. If the clients browse for APs when the connection is down sometimes they can see mine but usually they can't. Even when they can see it they usually can't reconnect to it for a while.
Does anyone have any ideas? I have heard of NetStumbler but I suspect that it can't detect networks with SSID broadcast turned off - their FAQ only has three entries and doesn't mention this ability. As I said, everything worked fine for months until a few days ago, and re-starting my AP doesn't fix it.
Regards
Nelviticus
When the connection is up the signal strength is high and the link quality is good. I run on channel 6 because that enables me to use 'turbo' mode which is twice as fast as normal 802.11g, so switching to another channel would be my last choice (turbo mode is only available on channel 6). There is another network in range that uses channel 11 - which I understand doesn't overlap 6 - but if someone else in the area is using channel 6 with SSID broadcast turned off, how would I know? I have SSID broadcast turned off so they probably don't know about me either, but I was there first as my network has had no problems for months.
When the connection drops there are no entries in the AP's event log to suggest that there has been an error. It becomes invisible to the wireless machines which is why I suspect intermittent interference. If the clients browse for APs when the connection is down sometimes they can see mine but usually they can't. Even when they can see it they usually can't reconnect to it for a while.
Does anyone have any ideas? I have heard of NetStumbler but I suspect that it can't detect networks with SSID broadcast turned off - their FAQ only has three entries and doesn't mention this ability. As I said, everything worked fine for months until a few days ago, and re-starting my AP doesn't fix it.
Regards
Nelviticus