My setup includes a DSL line coming into the building, connecting from
my dsl modem to my 4 port switch. from there, it branches out to 2
Cisco 837 routers. One customer and one manager, From router to
switch, switch to Cisco Aironet 1100 Access Point which distibutes my
wireless connection.
My problem is:
I am sitting in the lobby on a wireless connection. To test, I had two
Dell Latitude D620’s, side-by-side both on wireless. I am working
online an I’ll see my connection status go from 4 bars to 3-2-1-drop
and come back up, all in 5 seconds. It happens on both computers so I
know it is not my wireless cards.
To test my DSL line, I did a ping -t on a manager’s pc on the manager
side of my network and the same on my wireless connection on my
customer side. The manager’s side never timed out and my customer side
did so by doing that, I narrowed it down to my customer side of the
network and determined it isn’t the main connection.
To determine if it was my Wireless connection and not a faulty router,
distributing my wireless connection, I connected wirelessly into the
access point and hard wire into my switch then fast ethernet 1 on the
back of the router. Same thing.
I tried a different access point and i get the same thing.
What I’m trying to say is that I pinpointed it down to my wireless
signal coming out of my access point.
I don’t know what the deal is, but I think it has to do with something
interfering with my wireless signal.
There is only one other wireless router in that area that I can see
and it is a little down the street, so I don’t think that can be
interfering.
I’m wondering if anyone has seen this kind of error before?
What else operates on that frequency that could interfere?