[RESOLVED] Wireless will not connect.

[jerryhillman]

I have an IBM T-43 Laptop. All on a sudden I get connected but with limited usability. I have tried repair several times but say unable to
repair connection. I went into control panel to make sure the box was checked to allow windows to connect computer. I get a message
trying to get IP address. I use Win XP Home. I have restarted several times but no help. How can I fix this.

Jerry

[SpywareDr]

Try rebooting the modem/router.

[jerryhillman]

"Try rebooting the modem/router." Worked perfectly.
Why does this happen?

Jerry

[Train]

The voltage coming into the house drops and the modem/routers latch up.
Why I have mine on a UPS to stop that mess from happening.

[jerryhillman]

"The voltage coming into the house drops and the modem/routers latch up.
Why I have mine on a UPS to stop that mess from happening."

AT&T sent me a battery backup made by Belkin. I have it hooked up and
the router still messed up?

Jerry

[SpywareDr]

"Try rebooting the modem/router." Worked perfectly.
Why does this happen?

Jerry

A stray photon flipped a bit in your router and rebooting it reset the flipped bit.

It could happen.

[jerryhillman]

"A stray photon flipped a bit in your router and rebooting it reset the flipped bit"

OK Explain this so I can understand it.



Jerry

[Train]

A voltage drop/spike, on the in coming electricity to my house, causes that to happen to me. Why I put both the modem and router on a UPS.

And if they are on the same line as a A/C , refrigurator or freezer, the voltage will drop when they start up as they are electrical hogs. I have replaced two motherboards complete with cpu and ram because of a freezer.

If a photon is suppost to be negative and is positive instead, latch up time.

[SpywareDr]

"A stray photon flipped a bit in your router and rebooting it reset the flipped bit"

OK Explain this so I can understand it.

On it's way from the Sun to out beyond Pluto, an indivisible particle of electromagnetic radiation traveling at the speed of light went right through your modem's random access memory and changed one single bit of information from a 0 to a 1 (or vice versa). Rebooting the modem corrected the problem by reversing the change made by the photon.

[dneilson]

More than you ever wanted to know about Photons-----

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon