Can't get onto wireless

[purplehaze]

Ok, this explains the speed issue.

Ideally you should be using the router with it connected directly to the master socket. Most extensions will cause your speed to rapidly drop.

Since you have a laptop, could you not use the short yellow Ethernet cable supplied with the router in order to obtain the router's stats?

I will look it out and try it in a minute. Like I said before, thanks everyone for all help.

[purplehaze]

It works on my desktop PC with one of those netgear wireless reciever things, so it must be my laptop. Thanks for all the help. At some point I must transfer this to the master socket.

[Barny Mike]

I struggled with my Windows 7 laptop connecting to my wireless router piggy-backed onto the Sky router.

The diagnostics point to the DNS Server.

I need to look further at home but I did previously use Open DNS for filtering.

Ipod Touch works OK wirelessly so I'll crack it tonight and report back.

Mike

[purplehaze]

Ok, this explains the speed issue.

Ideally you should be using the router with it connected directly to the master socket. Most extensions will cause your speed to rapidly drop.

Since you have a laptop, could you not use the short yellow Ethernet cable supplied with the router in order to obtain the router's stats?

I've mislaid my ethernet cable somewhere, I'll find it later. I got onto the router via my desktop pc
Downstream Upstream
512 kbps 493 kbps
53.5 35.8
20.1db 10.5db

[purplehaze]

It's started working again so I'm fairly certain it's a problem with my laptop. It's not a very good model, is over two years old now, and is prone to errors but it's good enough just to browse with so it's all good for now.

[Isitme]

Are these stats from the Master socket? If so leave the router there and cal Sky, ask them to adjust your line for its best speed. You should get at least 10 times the speed you are getting. Get this fixed and you may find your wireless also improves.

[purplehaze]

Are these stats from the Master socket? If so leave the router there and cal Sky, ask them to adjust your line for its best speed. You should get at least 10 times the speed you are getting. Get this fixed and you may find your wireless also improves.

Nah, that's just from the extension. I'll give it a whirl in the master socket tonight- it's a bit inaccesible but if it can give a big improvement I could manouver around it. I thought they looked decent enough, the line's a bit long but the noise margin's good?

[Isitme]

The noise margin is very good, that is why you should have a speed of 7-8Mb and not the poor 512Kb you have. If you are getting that from the extension and it is stable, don't bother about the Test socket, try calling Sky.

The problem with using extensions is that quite often the noise on them varies, causing the noise margin to fluctuate, which you will not get at the master or test socket. This can cause your speed to be set lower than it should be.

[purplehaze]

Yeah, I understand how that works now. Cheers, I'll give them a ring. Much appreciated everyone.

[Barny Mike]

Cured my windows 7 problem.
Still had the old ISP DNS server address associated with the wireless IP setup
Changed it back to auto detect and now every-things fine

Mike