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Massive Wireless Interference

Boris71
Visitor

Massive Wireless Interference

Hi, I wasn't sure which forum to put this in, so apologies if it's the wrong one.

I've been trawling the boards for an answer, but with no luck, so having been helped by this forum recently, wondered if someone would be able to offer some advice?

I've got a Vaio FS 415B wireless laptop and a Netgear DG384G v2 - I had wireless connectivity fine up until a couple of weeks ago, but suddenly it's gone!
I can connect to the Internet fine using the router via an ethernet cable, and very occasionally I can 'see' the router's wireless signal on my laptop, whilst even more rarely I can connect to it, only for it to lose the connection again a very short while later.

A further bit of background is that I also have a couple of sets of Philips Video Senders - to transmit Sky to TV's in other parts of the house - (please bear with me) - these also worked fine (alongside the wireless internet) until a couple of weeks ago, but now seem to get a huge amount of interference - which is why I THINK that there is something interfering with the wireless internet connection.
On top of all this, my PSP which worked fine off of the router, is also not able to connect now.
Can anyone offer any advice - I've tried changing the channel, from 11 to 1 and then 6, to no avail.
I'm a little caught with where I locate the router, as there's only one access point for it, so changing that isn't really an option - but in fairness, even when I try linking wirelessly whilst sat right next to the router, it's still a very hit and (predominantly) miss affair.
Would a larger antenna be any good? Anything else?

Thanks in advance.

Boris.

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kee-lo_
Member

Yes, but try to avoid unofficial drivers

Boris71
Visitor

Well, finally things seem to be sorted, though not entirely sure how?!?
Things went from bad to worse initially, whereby I couldn't even see my router at all - plus my PSP wouldn't connect.
Vaio Support, after giving me some duff info, then suggested a system restore - which I was going to perform, but thought I'd just have another go at resetting the router - and lo and behold, it seems to be working fine - along with my PSP and the fact that the TV signals being sent via a video sender, are also OK.
Weird, but happy it's working again.
Thanks for all the suggestions on here.

Regards.

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Blencogo
Expert

Hi Boris - nice to hear from you again!

Good news that you have sorted your problem - even if you are not sure how !!!!!!!

Another of life's great mysteries solved!

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