Ok so I just moved into Pine Knoll... and hooked up my desktop to the wifi. I'm using a netgear wireless adapter because there is no internal thingy. It is not a stable connection (bumps me off every 2 minutes and says it cannot re-establish until I screw with it a few times) and I'm trying to figure out if it's my computer, adapter, or service.

Any suggestions?

5/25/2008 6:54:32 PM

Unless you have some alternate hardware to facilitate troubleshooting, this could be a pain to figure out.

Start with hardwiring your computer to verify that your router and ISP are not to blame.

5/25/2008 6:58:17 PM

i'm willing to bet pine knoll provides free internet via wifi

if so, you're sol

it's probably shitty to start with

get roadrunner

5/25/2008 7:03:31 PM

yes it's free wifi...

I don't know anything about computers.. what does hardwiring mean?

5/25/2008 7:54:50 PM

you can't.

5/25/2008 8:00:41 PM

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"I don't know anything about computers.. what does hardwiring mean?"

Plug your computer into your router with a cat-5 ethernet cable.

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"yes it's free wifi... "

I take it this means that you don't have any control over the hardware and it's settings. You'll be better off to get your own internet service from Time Warner.

5/25/2008 8:09:36 PM

Slim chance here, but are you certain your adapter isnt jumping on someone else's (read: neighbors) broadcast wireless and not the pine knoll service? Mine does that for a while until it eventually locates and prioritizes to use my own wifi.

5/26/2008 12:31:21 AM

I think pine knoll has 2-3 diff routers.. did u try all of them?

5/26/2008 7:44:08 PM