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Neighbor on my ATT DSL network...bah humbug..Fixed now!
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<blockquote data-quote="HOUSE" data-source="post: 259342" data-attributes="member: 4466"><p>I don't want this reply to come across inflammatory by any means, but I just wanted to clarify something in case others are reading this with similar issues. I'm not sure if you used the correct wording for your problem, but "signal strength" usually refers to the amount of wireless beams hitting your laptop/Tivo/etc. It wouldn't have anything to do with who is on your network or what they are doing. It depends more on the direction of your wireless router's antenna, how thick your walls are, how many open doorways, etc. You can increase this by directing your router antenna towards your Tivo or by using a range extender (or N-router if you don't already have one.) Changing it over to the more modern WPA2 encryption is a lot harder to hack and it seems to help with a lot of MAC issues like Ipods and Ipads since they tend to default to it. </p><p></p><p>Does your Tivo allow you to run a diagnostics on it? Mine lets me pull up signal strength as well as a connection test which tells me my upload and download speeds. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Kicking the kid off probably ruined his day. Wouldn't you like to have seen the look on his face when he had to go play outside or something instead of playing on your internet for free? </p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOUSE, post: 259342, member: 4466"] I don't want this reply to come across inflammatory by any means, but I just wanted to clarify something in case others are reading this with similar issues. I'm not sure if you used the correct wording for your problem, but "signal strength" usually refers to the amount of wireless beams hitting your laptop/Tivo/etc. It wouldn't have anything to do with who is on your network or what they are doing. It depends more on the direction of your wireless router's antenna, how thick your walls are, how many open doorways, etc. You can increase this by directing your router antenna towards your Tivo or by using a range extender (or N-router if you don't already have one.) Changing it over to the more modern WPA2 encryption is a lot harder to hack and it seems to help with a lot of MAC issues like Ipods and Ipads since they tend to default to it. Does your Tivo allow you to run a diagnostics on it? Mine lets me pull up signal strength as well as a connection test which tells me my upload and download speeds. Kicking the kid off probably ruined his day. Wouldn't you like to have seen the look on his face when he had to go play outside or something instead of playing on your internet for free? :) [/QUOTE]
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