Laptop wireless help!

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bwm561

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Hi. I just bought a new Dell laptop. I have dsl hooked up to a netgear router. Well my question is that even if i sit 6 feet away sometimes the laptop connection will have dead spots in it. It would say " Site could not be found...etc." And sometimes it will have no problem hooking up. Would anybody know what the problem is? Thanks
 
bwm561 said:
Hi. I just bought a new Dell laptop. I have dsl hooked up to a netgear router. Well my question is that even if i sit 6 feet away sometimes the laptop connection will have dead spots in it. It would say " Site could not be found...etc." And sometimes it will have no problem hooking up. Would anybody know what the problem is? Thanks
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update the firmwire on the netgear router and see if that works.
 
Try installing the netbeui or IPX/SPX/Netbios protocal in the network properties. Same area where you can find your tcp/ip settitngs. The windows operating system doesn't install this by default (only tcp/ip). Most home networks/routers work better with this installed.
 
hmm weird, usally Windows detects my settings, I've never had a problem with wireless stuff at all, but I don't use DSL so maybe thats why
 
Hey. That didnt help either. I installed them on both computers. Anything else? Thanks

I would like to add that my desktop pc which is the wired computer is fine. The connection is great just not the laptop. And i connected the laptop to my colleges wireless network and it does the same thing...very slow.
 
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