[nfbcs] Wireless connection unavailable after power outage

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks Steve.  I called my brother and he told me to unplug the wireless
router for 10 seconds, then plug it back in and restart the PC.  He also
told me the IP I need to see my router.  I did what he said, and the
connection seems to be OK now, though the signal strength is lower than I
would expect.  I'll check the cordless phone.
I looked all over the webpage for the router, but I couldn't see where the
WEP key is.  Although I guess if the connection works now, maybe I don't
need to see it.
Tracy

> Tracy,
>
> You should be getting some kind of error message if the connection fails.
> It seems most likely that perhaps the wireless settings on the router went
> back to their
> default settings or something.  I would check the settings on the wireless
> router that have to do with security.  If you used WEP, you had to enter a
> security code on
> the router as well as your netbook.  Re-enter the code on the router, and
> if it still doesn't work, re-enter it on the netbook.  You usually access
> your router's settings
> as a web page.
>
> With a power outage, there could be other factors as well.  Some other
> device such as a cordless phone may have been reset and might be using the
> same
> channel.  You can also change the channel on your wireless router.
> Changing it might allow you to escape interference.  From my experience,
> though, this would
> result in a poor connection and not one that fails.
>
> I'm a little confused, though, because if you are not making a connection,
> I would not think that you would get the "network cable unplugged" message
> when you
> turn off the router.  The error message would be helpful.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> 		On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:22:52 -0400, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>
>>I need some advice, please.  We had an extended power outage in our area
>>due to a big storm.  The power was out about 3 days, and now I'm having
>>some trouble with my wireless router, maybe.  My PC is hooked by ethernet
>>cable to the wireless router, which also has ethernet jacks.  That is
>>working fine, but my netbook and my husband's computer connect to the
>>router wirelessly, and that's not connecting.  My netbook sees the
>>wireless connection, but when I try to connect it fails.
>>I'm not sure what to do.  I suspect maybe I need to look at my wireless
>>settings, but I'm not sure how to get there.  Or is it something else?
>>I've turned the router off and on a couple times.
>>When I turn it off, the netbook says "A network cable is unplugged" so
>>it's seeing something, it's just not connecting.
>>Thanks for any advice.
>>Tracy
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