Wireless issues, but oddly the opposite of what you normally hear....

Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 2 00:36:41 UTC 2008


Steve Flynn wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>>    This whole thing is a bag of worms. It has gone on enough! This guy
>> has ZERO WiFi problems. If there is no secret word his laptop works fine
>> both Linux and Windows.
>>     
>
> Secret word? You mean Wireless Encryption Key or Public Shared Key?
>
> The issue was that I couldn't see the AP when it was broadcasting on
> ch13.. Linux could but failed to authenticate with the correct key,
> Windows completely failed to detect the AP. That sounds like a
> wireless issue to me, especially given that when nothing else changed
> apart from the router moving to a new Channel, everything started
> working.
>
>   
    For Gods sake, you change the signal source and the problem changes 
on your computer? I should think so. But we are not talking about how 
you change the Router your using. It is whether your computer has a 
Wireless problem. It has none PERIOD!!!!

Karl





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