Low Signal Quality or Not?

G

Guest

Here's the problem:
I just bought an ASUS G1 loaded with Windows Vista Premium. Now, the owner
of the place I'm living in has an UNSECURED Wireless Internet Network that is
practically available to all residents of the place. My laptop could detect
that network and said that it had a strong signal (5 bars). Now i tried
connecting to it and it said that it couldn't connect because of low signal
quality. I have another laptop, an Inspiron with, that could connect to the
network, no sweat. So what's wrong with the connection? I updated the driver
network adapter.
 
B

Barb Bowman

Be aware that Road Runner terms of service for residential accounts
do not allow for sharing connections among different households. I
realize that this happens in NYC but you should check to make sure
that this is not going to get you in some kind of legal trouble.

Here's the problem:
I just bought an ASUS G1 loaded with Windows Vista Premium. Now, the owner
of the place I'm living in has an UNSECURED Wireless Internet Network that is
practically available to all residents of the place. My laptop could detect
that network and said that it had a strong signal (5 bars). Now i tried
connecting to it and it said that it couldn't connect because of low signal
quality. I have another laptop, an Inspiron with, that could connect to the
network, no sweat. So what's wrong with the connection? I updated the driver
network adapter.
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
G

Guest

Nah.. It's perfectly legal.. I live in the household that owns the router..
So I'm pretty sure I have the privilege of using it. Haha.. Anyway, what
could be the problem?
 
P

Pavel A.

Stefan said:
Here's the problem:
I just bought an ASUS G1 loaded with Windows Vista Premium. Now, the owner
of the place I'm living in has an UNSECURED Wireless Internet Network that is
practically available to all residents of the place. My laptop could detect
that network and said that it had a strong signal (5 bars). Now i tried
connecting to it and it said that it couldn't connect because of low signal
quality. I have another laptop, an Inspiron with, that could connect to the
network, no sweat. So what's wrong with the connection? I updated the driver
network adapter.
Click to expand...

Still may be a driver problem...

--PA
 
G

Guest

thatz the thing.. I just updated the driver and it said that it was working
properly.. Does it have anything with the router?
 
J

Jay Somerset

Here's the problem:
I just bought an ASUS G1 loaded with Windows Vista Premium. Now, the owner
of the place I'm living in has an UNSECURED Wireless Internet Network that is
practically available to all residents of the place. My laptop could detect
that network and said that it had a strong signal (5 bars). Now i tried
connecting to it and it said that it couldn't connect because of low signal
quality. I have another laptop, an Inspiron with, that could connect to the
network, no sweat. So what's wrong with the connection? I updated the driver
network adapter.
Click to expand...
You might have a defective wireless card in your system. Have you checked
out the signal level on other networks, and compared them to the level
reported by your Inspiron laptop? That would be my first test.
 
G

Guest

i compared the two signal reports. Both the XP laptop and teh Vista laptop
reported excellent signal strength
 
J

Jay Somerset

Well, if I try to connect to a secured network it asks for my passkey
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Of course. What would you expect? Try connecting to some other
non-protected network. Get in your car and drive around until you find one.

Then see if the behavior is the same as you described in your original post.
 

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