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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on January 31, 2006, 7:26 pm
Please log in for more thread options DominickTotino@gmail.com hath wroth: The M45 series is a decent laptop and works well for a few of my customers that have bought them. However, Toshiba installs some kind of network configuration manager that I suspect is causing problems. I forgot the name. I had to disable it and Wireless Zero Config before I could get a reliable connection on one computer. However, the other Toshiba's worked just fine with whatever they supplied. Weird. >The problem lies in the wireless connectivity of the laptop. The laptop
>will initially connect wireless to my network in Philly but every 10-15 >minutes a display comes up saying "limited or no connectivity." Now I >originally thought it was just my laptop and I bought a defected unit >or something. But I talked to my brother yesterday and he said the same >thing has been happening to him. Now at my Philly house, my roommates >use their laptops on the network and they never had this happen to >them. Both in NY and Philly, we have Linksys 54g routers. Do you have identical hardware versions of the Links WRT54G? If they're both V5, try upgrading the firmware to the latest (1.00.6) which fixed a similar problem. If they're not V5, try the latest for that hardware version. Partial list of v5 fixes: Firmware 1.00.6 - Resolves issues with WAP54G repeater mode - Resolves issues with certain PPPoE connection - Resolves issues with SES turning back on when applying settings - Resolves issues with WPA allowing Shared key selection - Resolves issues with web GUI ping function - Resolves issues with using MSN whiteboard - Resolves issues with instability when using Bittorent - Resolves issues with using certain ATA phone adapters - Resolves issues with connecting to NNTP news servers >I've already
>went through troubleshooting with both Linksys and Toshiba. What did they suggest and what happened? In other words, what changes and updates have you made? >I am
>supposed to call Toshiba corporate today to complain and hopefully get >a new one or something. But what still bothers me is that my brother >and I both have the same laptops and the same problems. So with that >said, can anyone help me out? Try the laptop at a hot spot or coffee shop wireless. If that works without a disconnect, then it's your WRT54G. Upgrade firmware if necessary. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on February 1, 2006, 12:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options Jeff Liebermann wrote: > DominickTotino@gmail.com hath wroth:
> > > The M45 series is a decent laptop and works well for a few of my > customers that have bought them. However, Toshiba installs some kind > of network configuration manager that I suspect is causing problems. I > forgot the name. I had to disable it and Wireless Zero Config before > I could get a reliable connection on one computer. However, the other > Toshiba's worked just fine with whatever they supplied. Weird. If anyone knows which program on Toshiba this is, I'd appreciate it >
> >I've already
> >went through troubleshooting with both Linksys and Toshiba. >
> What did they suggest and what happened? In other words, what changes > and updates have you made? I did a system restore, it didn't work >
> Try the laptop at a hot spot or coffee shop wireless. If that works > without a disconnect, then it's your WRT54G. Upgrade firmware if > necessary. The tech i talked to also told me to do that. I have to find the time though. hopefully the problem lies with a program from toshiba, so I can just uninstall it and be on my way. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Dave Rudisill on February 1, 2006, 2:52 pm
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>DominickTotino@gmail.com wrote:
>> The M45 series is a decent laptop and works well for a few of my
>> customers that have bought them. However, Toshiba installs some kind >> of network configuration manager that I suspect is causing problems. I >> forgot the name. I had to disable it and Wireless Zero Config before >> I could get a reliable connection on one computer. However, the other >> Toshiba's worked just fine with whatever they supplied. Weird. >
> >If anyone knows which program on Toshiba this is, I'd appreciate it > I have a Toshiba M45-S331 and an M45-S269. I can report that the "Config-free" applet, the most likely candidate, hasn't caused any problems, except annoying notifications. The first time I booted these up I deleted a bunch of stuff, mostly trialware and adware, but nothing that I thought likely to actually interfere with the operation of the machines. I'm sure there are many versions of the M45, though. -- Dave | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on February 1, 2006, 3:17 pm
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Well what if it's my router? Tonight I will mess around with the router. I think It has to do something with my IP address. While I was talking to Toshiba last night, the IP address kept changing to 192.168.2.X. I forgot the last number, but my Default Gateway is 192.168.1.1. So I think I have to somehow keep it at .2. I manually put it in thinking it would fix my problems but now it still loses connectivity. I am sure its the router at this point because the computer works fine when it doesn't lose connection. Hope this info helps. I'll update either late tonight or early tomorrow after I talk to Linksys. Thanks again! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on February 1, 2006, 7:18 pm
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On 1 Feb 2006 12:17:11 -0800, DominickTotino@gmail.com wrote: > Well what if it's my router? Tonight I will mess around with the
>router. I think It has to do something with my IP address. While I was >talking to Toshiba last night, the IP address kept changing to >192.168.2.X. That should never happen. However, 192.168.2.xxx is what Belkin uses for their routers. Are you sure you are connecting via wireless to your own wireless router? I don't think so. I think you're connecting accidentally to your neighbors router, which happens to be a Belkin wireless router. Dive into Windows Wireless Zero Config and find the tab labelled "connection". There's only one check box, for "Connect to just about anything available". Uncheck it. Then, assign a recognizeable SSID to your own router and make sure you connect to it and not to "any available network". >I forgot the last number, but my Default Gateway is
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>192.168.1.1. So I think I have to somehow keep it at .2. I manually put >it in thinking it would fix my problems but now it still loses >connectivity. I am sure its the router at this point because the >computer works fine when it doesn't lose connection. Hope this info >helps. I'll update either late tonight or early tomorrow after I talk >to Linksys. Thanks again! # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831-336-2558 jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us # http://802.11junk.com jeffl@cruzio.com # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>brother lives in NY and I live in Philly. They are Toshiba Satellite
>m45's. So we bought them before Christmas and its a few days past the
>return policy for Circuit City so I've come here in hope some one had
>the same problem or someone knows what else to do.