Hi,
I have a connection that has been causing much frustration amount the wireless users in the family. We have 3 devices+1 ipod touch that use this wireless network.(sometimes one is off) 2 computers are desktop and use a wired connection and work perfectly.
The problem is that the wireless network is horrible. Sometimes one wireless device loses connection and when the network is unplugged and replugged the device sometimes gets its connection back, but usually another device loses its connection. The quality changes throughout the day.
When all devices are working there is constant lags in connection and this is especially frustrating for the gaming users in the network.
I asked this question before, but the person asked for more info about where all the connections go and I didn't really know how to answer this. Now I managed to get a complete set up of our wireless network(which is probably more complicated and bloated than it should)
We have 4 network devices(I'm not totally sure if they are routers or modems so I'll give their names)
1. Linksys WAD54G
2. Netgear Wireless Print Server(not sure if this is needed)
3. We have a black network device and it has no name on it.(Has the most plugs so I guess its a modem? It's the newest piece of equipment, but it didn't really help the internet connection.)
4. A VOIP phone(I think this is the problem. Also if you disconnect it the internet goes down)
Here's the complete set up.
1. Linksys
-connection to the VOIP phone with a blue wire
-black wire for power
2. Netgear Wireless print server
-Black wire to modem
-wire for power
3. Unknown black modem
-white cord to wall socket
-gray cord to VOIP phone
-Dark blue cord to one desktop comp. Wired connection
-one cord to another desktop. Wired.
-another cord to the Netgear Wireless print server
-one cord for power
4. VOIP Phone
-one wire to the black modem
-one blue wire to linksys
