my apt complex uses airimba a wireless internet provider. it is often slow and crashes alot but its free so i use it.

lately, however, i have noticed that the wireless internet for my computer has been going down but the wireless internet continues to work. i've tried reconnecting to the wireless switch, renewing ip address, but not till i restart my computer am i successfully able to re log in to my airimba account to access the internet.

Is this problem due to a virus, the wireless card, or what? i cannot figure it out and its getting annoying having to restart my comptuer every few hours.


btw i started using bittornet recently not sure if that has anything to do with the issue

1/19/2007 9:11:07 PM

its probably just the shitty internet service.

bittorent im sure isnt helping the situation either.

have you tried ipconfig/release -- ipconfig/renew?

1/20/2007 12:58:29 AM

yeah that was one of the first things i tried.

it just doesn't make sense that my laptop does not have this problem

1/20/2007 12:29:13 PM

try updating the driver for your wireless card.

1/20/2007 12:32:10 PM

If the complx offers the service free of charge, expect people to abuse the hell out of it (via things like BitTorrent) until it goes down. In my last apartment, I think there was 1 of 7 days where it worked "good", and that probably only b/c of a reboot. If you are paying for it, I'd knock on a few doors and find out whats up.

1/21/2007 7:28:29 AM

perlith that is what i thought but my laptop does not expierence any interruptions to internet connection like my desktop does.

1/21/2007 12:47:15 PM

what kind of desktop/wireless card?

1/21/2007 1:54:27 PM

Linksys- Instant Wirelss PCI Vard

i did some tests on my desktop and i can ping my laptop both of which on the local wireless internet. However, I am not able to ping the local gateway. My laptop with running internet though is able to successfully ping the gateway.

[Edited on January 22, 2007 at 12:09 AM. Reason : l]

1/22/2007 12:03:01 AM

stop using bittorrent

1/22/2007 12:36:54 AM

right now i'm using remote desktop connection to connect to my laptop across the network, yet, i can not access the internet. I think the gateway is blocking me.

1/22/2007 4:12:00 PM