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[quote=Anonymous]Another tip.  If you have definitely isolated the issue to your laptop, consider how far you are away from the wireless router when you have the problem.  The wireless router (that box you got from your service provider) is typically installed in at some out of the way access point in the house.  The wireless signal signal can reach about 150 ft indoors (or obstructed by walls and doors, etc), or about 300 ft unobstructed (outdoors or across a large open floor plan or a big ballroom if you are using one in a convention center, hotel, etc).  The more walls and floors and doors, the shorter the distance will be.  So, if your access point is in the basement (perhaps near where your cable box or FIOS box enters your home), then going to the 2nd floor bedroom on the opposite end of the house may be too far for a big house.  If you are having problems when you are in the same room as the router, then it is likely the hardware on either the computer or the router.

So, to test, you can set up the laptop close to the router, like, in the same room and see if you ever have the problem.  If you are on a different floor of the house, then that might be a problem.  If you notice that you are always having a problem when you are pretty far from the wireless router, then you can get a wireless repeater (relatively inexpensive) and set it up somewhere in the middle between where you have the router and where you are having connection problems and it should solve the issue if your problem is from a weak signal.[/quote]

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