Need Computer/Network Help, PLEEZE!
Ok, so here's the deal - last Tuesday, I finally got my MacBook in and Wednesday morning, thinking I was smarter than the average bear, tried to set up a wireless network by buying a wireless router and counting on my native intelligence (such as it is) and my Powers of Asian-ness(tm) to be able to figure out how to do everything.
By Wednesday noon, I seemingly had everything working as intended and headed off to go carol for about 9 hours. Upon returning home, I discovered that the network I had set up was only holding connection for about 15 minutes at a time, whereupon my MacBook would disconnect and not be able to reconnect unless I rebooted it and restarted my cable modem by unplugging it, waiting about 10 seconds and restarting it. Also, it seems that my desktop also had the same intermittent connection.
Very annoying.
After several days of not being able to figure out how to fix it, I decided last night to hook everything back up to how it was pre-tinkering so I could at least get my emails answered and stuff printed. However, now that I am back to my desktop, I find that my connection is really dodgy and slower than heck... I'm about ready to take a shotgun to this thing out of sheer frustration.
Ummm... help? The cable guy who's gonna hook me up properly isn't due until Tuesday (with the photon torpedoes, tractor beam and nursing staff) and if I have to deal with this for more than a day or two, I'm gonna burn this mother down, I can feel it.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
It seems I have found the offending program and purged it from my computer. Things seem to be back to normal for my desktop. In a little while when I have time, I'll be brave enough to hook the wireless back up and see if that fixes things for my Mac Book. 8)
By Wednesday noon, I seemingly had everything working as intended and headed off to go carol for about 9 hours. Upon returning home, I discovered that the network I had set up was only holding connection for about 15 minutes at a time, whereupon my MacBook would disconnect and not be able to reconnect unless I rebooted it and restarted my cable modem by unplugging it, waiting about 10 seconds and restarting it. Also, it seems that my desktop also had the same intermittent connection.
Very annoying.
After several days of not being able to figure out how to fix it, I decided last night to hook everything back up to how it was pre-tinkering so I could at least get my emails answered and stuff printed. However, now that I am back to my desktop, I find that my connection is really dodgy and slower than heck... I'm about ready to take a shotgun to this thing out of sheer frustration.
Ummm... help? The cable guy who's gonna hook me up properly isn't due until Tuesday (with the photon torpedoes, tractor beam and nursing staff) and if I have to deal with this for more than a day or two, I'm gonna burn this mother down, I can feel it.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
It seems I have found the offending program and purged it from my computer. Things seem to be back to normal for my desktop. In a little while when I have time, I'll be brave enough to hook the wireless back up and see if that fixes things for my Mac Book. 8)