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Mon Apr-11-11 07:49 AM
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| Anyone else having problems with Win 7 and wireless adapters. |
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Every now and then, it gives me no internet access. Sometimes rebooting the computer works, sometimes it doesn't. Rebooting router works sometimes too even though XP and Ubuntu machines are having no problem. Had one adapter connect and lose connection after about 5 minutes-replaced it and 2 months later started doing the same thing and would not work in any machine after that. Has done this with Linksys, Ralink and HP(on my notebook). I've tried removing and completely reinstalling drivers and it still keeps happening.
This is on Win 7 Home Premium X64. Like I said, same adapters work fine on XP Pro, XP X64 and Ubuntu 10.04
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Mon Apr-11-11 09:55 AM
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| 1. Netgear has been trouble-free, Ralink's need help. |
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Mon Apr-11-11 10:23 PM
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Try setting a static ip addy.
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Mon Apr-11-11 10:43 PM
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| 3. that's one of the problems |
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7 keeps saying static IP has changed and when it resets it all fucks up. I think it has something to do with an older router.
Same hardware on XP is no problem
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Tue Apr-12-11 12:59 AM
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turning off DHCP in the router and manually entering your ISPs preferred and alternate DNS?
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Tue Apr-12-11 06:33 AM
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| 5. Everything works fine for a couple of months, Reconfigured router 3 times. |
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Then all of a sudden my Win 7 computer decides to not talk to anyone.
I just got tired of having to go through all this when it happens. Last night I had enough so I wiped the 7 install and put on XP X64 and the machine works faster than it did under 7.
At this point my only 7 machine is my laptop. I have XP pro on 1, XP X64 on 2, 7 on the laptop and Ubuntu on 2.
NONE of the other machines have ever given me this sort of problem. I hardly ever use the laptop at home so I don't know if it wants to act up yet.
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Fri Apr-15-11 10:59 AM
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| 6. Too late now, but have you tried setting a static IP on the Win7 machine. |
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Somewhere above the DHCP range.
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Fri Apr-15-11 01:10 PM
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| 7. Win 7 kept resetting it. |
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That's why I got fed up. you shouldn't have to reset the damn thing every couple of months.
XP and Ubuntu never did this and still don't.
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