Weird wireless problem

[Shagrat]

I've had a BT homehub got ages, never had any wireless problems with various doodads (ipod's, xbox360, laptops etc) connected to it.

However......I've just bought a new laptop, comes with Windows 7 64 bit and as soon as the laptop is turned on and attempts to connect to the wireless you get connectivity briefly, then it drops to saying limited connectivity on the laptop, and for some weird reason it then also screws up everything else connected, so the 2 ipods we have both die as well.

you can still see the wireless network and connect to it, but you get nothing, and the only way to fix it is to turn off the homehub and back on again, at which point the ipods are fine until the laptop is turned on again.

anyone seen anything like this before? atm im assuming its something the laptop is doing, but cant see why thats screwing over every other connected device.

 

[Tuthmes]

Try switching the channel on your router/homehub. Usually there should be an option to choose between 1 -13 channels.

Perhaps it tries to connect using a different protocol? (WEP, WPA, etc).

Ill keep brainstorming in the meanwhiled.

 

[soze]

Try and avoid using channel 12 - 13 I have seen some laptops mainly Toshiba's that refuse to work on these channels. The other thing could be to check and see if the laptop lets you select a mode to run in. Might be a case that it is trying to run in N mode when the other devices run in G and the router might not be handling the switch very well?

 

[Shagrat]

yep good spot there soze, ive just noticed the laptops wireless N while checking settings and stuff.

homehubs not true wireless N apparently.
Just switched the router to b/g rather than b/g/n and rebooted it. will see what happens.

 

[Shagrat]

yep seems ok now, looks like the wireless N BT Homehub throws a spaz if G and N devices connect at the same time.