My wireless link just stopped working

[DaveJP]

One minute it was fine the next it stopped!

I've got an access point upstairs connected to a switch with a couple of PCs on. This links wirelessly to my ADSL modem/router/switch downstairs.

I haven't had time to investigate much but I can ping the AP from the PC upstairs and ping the router from the PC downstairs but I cant ping the AP from downstairs nor the router from upstairs. I checked the status on the router and it says that I have a lot of MSDUs failures. These are FCS errors apparently!

My suspicion is that one of the boxes is knackered on the wireless side of things. Could it be anything else?

Dave

[bigb]

have you tried resetting the router??

[DaveJP]

Thanks, I work in IT Support, we always switch things off and on first! It fixes 99% of faults, but not this time!

Dave

[bigb]

Thanks, I work in IT Support, we always switch things off and on first! It fixes 99% of faults, but not this time!

Dave

sorry! only trying to help!

[DaveJP]

Thanks anyway! I appreciate the thought. :thumbs:

Dave

UPDATE!

Traced the fault to a PC that was switched off but still had power to the mobo. The on-board LAN threw a wobbly!