you need to see if they are on the same channel. If so, it will get confused and keep[ trying to connect to the loudest signal on the channel - the bad one in the home. <br><br>Try either changing the channel on the home one to either channel 2 or 10 or, since the outward connection is flaky anyway, just turn off the radio.<br>
<br>On a 30% signal, the connection will be difficult so a clear line of sight at a window is best. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:55 PM, m-aaron-r <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaron@pd.org">aaron@pd.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I gave a friend in need an old IBM Think Pad with Ubuntu 9.10 on it.<br>
He's appreciative and loves tinkering with Linux and Free Software<br>
on both his desktop and his portable. He did the in-place updates<br>
to 10.04 LTS on the laptop while house sitting for me last week, which<br>
may or may not have anything to do with a problem we are having<br>
with wireless.<br>
<br>
The WiFi hardware here is a Proxima PCMCIA a/b/g wireless card<br>
that I included with the gifted laptop.<br>
<br>
The card is finding signal and connecting just fine with the wireless<br>
routers at our respective homes -- one open, the other password<br>
protected. Unfortunately, the actual internet connection to the WiFi<br>
router at HIS home is in need of monetary repair, so he is needing<br>
to be a bandwidth mooch at the moment.<br>
<br>
The laptop / wireless card also finds the (open) WiFi signal at his<br>
local coffee house BUT, for some odd reason, we cannot connect<br>
to it. Signal is not the strongest, but it is registering about 30%<br>
(which is comparable to the signal strength when we successfully<br>
connected to the wifi at his home).<br>
<br>
So WTF mates? Any magic tricks to try?<br>
<br>
Help appreciated as always!<br>
peace<br>
aaron<br>
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