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WN3000RP - connection v. unstable if "owner PC" is online
My set up: PC #1 -- connects to a wireless modem/router PC #2 -- uses WN3000RP to connect to the wifi modem/router If PC #1 is online, then PC #2 cannot connect to the internet. If PC #1 i...
Thanks a lot for everyone's help..
I tried switching off the wifi extender device, and connecting directly to the wireless modem/router using PC #2. It worked! And that was with the other PC (#1) connected to the internet at the same time.
Regarding the IP addresses of PC #1 and PC #2. I think they are different, but I now think that perhaps the wifi extender is using the same IP address that PC #1 is using. (I seem to remember that they both end in 1.3) I am a clueless newbie at this, and so that is why my answers are both poor and vague, for which I apologise! It's late now, and so tomorrow I will investigate this, and determine what all of these IP addresses are. Thanks.
I will also investigate if PC #1 is using "ppp authentication". However, I may not be able to get access to PC #1 machine directly, because it is located in another building. Can I investigate this issue remotely? In other words, can I find out if PC #1 is using "ppp authentication" by just using PC #2 only? Using PC #2, I can access the modem/router's settings page. Would I be able to find this information there perhaps?
I'll investigate everything tomorrow. Thanks.
I tried switching off the wifi extender device, and connecting directly to the wireless modem/router using PC #2. It worked! And that was with the other PC (#1) connected to the internet at the same time.
Regarding the IP addresses of PC #1 and PC #2. I think they are different, but I now think that perhaps the wifi extender is using the same IP address that PC #1 is using. (I seem to remember that they both end in 1.3) I am a clueless newbie at this, and so that is why my answers are both poor and vague, for which I apologise! It's late now, and so tomorrow I will investigate this, and determine what all of these IP addresses are. Thanks.
I will also investigate if PC #1 is using "ppp authentication". However, I may not be able to get access to PC #1 machine directly, because it is located in another building. Can I investigate this issue remotely? In other words, can I find out if PC #1 is using "ppp authentication" by just using PC #2 only? Using PC #2, I can access the modem/router's settings page. Would I be able to find this information there perhaps?
I'll investigate everything tomorrow. Thanks.