New User .... Dumb Question
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:42 pm
Hi,
I know this is probably going to sound like a dumb question but I'm going to ask it anyway... In the last few days, something has happened to my home wifi network that has caused me to be unable to connect to it with my computers and other devices. I downloaded Vistumbler hoping to find out if I had a channel conflict with neighbors, weak signal, or whatever...to try to determine why a perfectly good network suddently didn't work.
I ran Vistumber...and the software has captured signals from several devices (my router and neighbors as well.) Each signal shows as being active for a few seconds...and then goes dead for a few seconds...then becomes active...and on and on. This cycle is very consistent and regular.
My question...the dumb one...is this. Does this indicate that there is some sort of interference that is killing my wifi signal or is this an issue with my computer and/or software? I am not real strong in my understanding of networking and wifi, and I'm not sure exactly what the vistumbler is telling me.
Can anyone shed some light on what might be going on?
Thanks a ton for your help.
I know this is probably going to sound like a dumb question but I'm going to ask it anyway... In the last few days, something has happened to my home wifi network that has caused me to be unable to connect to it with my computers and other devices. I downloaded Vistumbler hoping to find out if I had a channel conflict with neighbors, weak signal, or whatever...to try to determine why a perfectly good network suddently didn't work.
I ran Vistumber...and the software has captured signals from several devices (my router and neighbors as well.) Each signal shows as being active for a few seconds...and then goes dead for a few seconds...then becomes active...and on and on. This cycle is very consistent and regular.
My question...the dumb one...is this. Does this indicate that there is some sort of interference that is killing my wifi signal or is this an issue with my computer and/or software? I am not real strong in my understanding of networking and wifi, and I'm not sure exactly what the vistumbler is telling me.
Can anyone shed some light on what might be going on?
Thanks a ton for your help.