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Date:	Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:26:05 PST8
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Question about using Router / Access Point

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I have high speed internet service thru my TV cable provider, Adelphia.

I use the cable modem suggested by Adelphia (Motorola SB4200 Surfboard
Cable Modem). After I won a Linksys WRT54G wireless router at a SCOUG
meeting, I began using the router to enable me to use both of my PCs to
access the Internet. Sometimes, I do so simultaneously, since they sit
side by side. A few weeks ago, I bought a Linksys Wireless Access Point
(WAP54G), and found I could connect the two PCs using the Router to send
a signal to the AP.

Since then, I have noticed times when I lose Internet access, (usually,
maybe always, I'm not sure) on both PCs at once. It happened yesterday,
when my wife and daughter wanted to do some on line shopping, and my
wife called Adelphia. One of the questions she was asked was whether
there was a Router involved, She said yes, and was told to try a
connection without the Router. We did so, and things worked.

Today, I wanted to use both PCs at once, the older to do e-mail, and the
newer to try to get everything I needed to make TiMidity work. At the
start, I had connectivity on both PCs, but later lost my connection. I
tried unplugging the cable modem, waiting a minute or so, and
reconnecting the power plug. The lights there indicated a good
connection. Still, I couldn't do anything. So, I unplugged the Router,
waited a bit, and plugged it back in. Then, things worked again.
However, after awhile, I lost the connection again.

The Router is plugged in to my power strip, so it is powered off when I
shut down the PCs for the night. The Access Point, because I've run out
of plugs on the power strip, has been plugged in continuously. Right
now, though, I'm not using the Access Point, so I unplugged it.

Is anyone else having problems with a Router?

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