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Mr. Luddite

On 11/9/2013 11:29 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 10:48:02 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article , says...

On 11/8/2013 9:24 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

On 11/8/2013 7:58 PM, Califbill wrote:

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:

I have an issue that is driving me crazy. Or crazier.

I would remove the extender first and see if the router problems go
away.
Maybe is the extender over loading the router.

Tried that. Still could not connect to the Internet via the router
signal. Had to plug the extender back in to get Internet access.

and Hank wrote:

Sounds like the extender is grabbing your wi-fi and not letting the
router pass signals from your computers to the modem section.

Spoke too soon. I tried unplugging the extender again and this time
waited a little bit while the computer connected to the router signal.
At first it said "Local only" but, after a few seconds, made
connection to the Internet.

So, I think both you and Hank were on the right track. The extender
is somehow hogging the signal to the router and preventing the computer
from connecting via it to the Internet.

Can't say I understand why, but it seems that's what it's doing.

Tomorrow I will try experimenting by putting the extender even further
away from the router.

I still bet the Tap on the pole is "hogging" the signal

I'll bet it's not.

Me too.

It sounds like an addressing problem.

"Repair connection" does wonders for these things.

Yeah, it's not a signal strength problem. I tried the "repair
connection" a couple of times. Went through the process but then
reported there was still a problem with connectivity to the 'net.

Weird problem.