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Odd Wi-Fi problem!

starviewadams · 2011-04-20 11:33:45

Hi! I bought a Blackberry last week and every time I connect it to our home Wi-Fi(UPC) it causes the connection to drop on other peoples laptops in the house,the blackberry itself doesn't even keep the connection for more then a minute or two! The only way to get the laptops to connect again is to plug the Wi-Fi router in…

20-04-2011 12:33pm

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starviewadams

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Hi!

I bought a Blackberry last week and every time I connect it to our home Wi-Fi(UPC) it causes the connection to drop on other peoples laptops in the house,the blackberry itself doesn't even keep the connection for more then a minute or two!

The only way to get the laptops to connect again is to plug the Wi-Fi router in and out again,very frustrating!

Anybody knowledgeable know whats going on here??

Cheers!

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#2 21-04-2011 12:10am

ZENER

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Sounds like the BB has a fixed IP address that is conflicting with the router ?

Have no personal experience of either UPC or Blackberry but I recall another poster here a couple of months ago who had a notebook which, when turned on in his office, disconnected all the other users from the 'net. His problem was a fixed IP instead of setting it to be a DHCP client.

Ken

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