Wifi Access Point Issues

[broken1]

Just as an intro - my setup:

The ADSL Router is in the study. We also require wi-fi on the other side of the house but because of steel in the wall or etc, the wi-fi signal doesn't reach. The ADSL Router is a netgear Wireless G+ Router. For about a year, it was working perfectly connected to a 50m ethernet cable and a Netgear Wifi Ethernet router at the other end of it.

Recently, the internet on that NetGear Router just stopped working. At first, I suspected the router - so I got a TrendNet wireless AP. That didn't work either. The ethernet cable was the next suspicion, so I changed that out for a 25m belkin cable.

Whether I connect to the Netgear wifi router or the TrendNet Wifi AP, the wifi internet in the bedrooms works for about 2 minutes then cuts out. Vista still shows it's connected to the internet, but pages load blank and firefox says done. Reset the AP, and it works for another 2 minutes.

I then thought it was the ADSL router in the study. Tried to change it out with an SMC router - but that wouldn't even let me connect to ADSL. It gave an error that ADSL "Physical Down".

PS. The internet works 100% on the cabled connection. Just wifi is giving up the ghost. Idea's?

 

[RSkeens]

Have you tried changing the security / authentication access type on the wireless router?

When it cuts out, are the systems that connected still assigned an IP Address (I'm assuming you use DHCP here)? Is it the same IP Address that was assigned before they got cut off?

 

[broken1]

I am using WEP for security. I have tried using no security and it does the same thing.

I am using DHCP, but I will have to check the IP Address issue

 

[Mier]

Also try changing the WiFi channel number. Could be a neighbours' signal is now interfering.

 

[TonyA]

Sorry to butt in, but could someone please confirm that to use WDS you have to use WEP and cannot use WPA? I have two Billion routers that I want to connect to each other to improve Wireless coverage in the house, but the manuals indicate that I willhave to change to WEP, which is a less secure method!

 

[BILLION.aire]

Try channel 1,6 and 11