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Old 13-12-2009, 12:47   #3
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Re: Two laptops wireless problem.

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Probably already checked this, but do both laptops have different IP addresses and MAC addresses?
Yup they are different.

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Also, is there any chance that one of them's downloading something massive (Windows updates for example) in the background and that's consuming the bandwidth?
I have tried my laptop in kubuntu - mac os and windows 7. It does the same thing in all of them.

Peters netbook is all up to date. As soon as he stops trying to get on the internet mine starts working agian - or vice verca.

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Failing that have you tried rebooting the router? Might be that it's been up for while and it's feeling the strain.
It was doing it yesterday and before we went out today so I've rebooted (power cycled) both a few times now.

Still no joy tho, chees for your help though - some good ideas
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