[AAAAA]

Ok, I do not understand, the internet is hard wired to the house, we have a wireless router. Why does the internet go out when we have a storm? How can the weather outside affect my internet in the house?

[Raynaadi]

Hmmmm. Maybe the cables are exposed somewhere, so the storm affects the hardwiring, thus affecting the wifi? I haven't had this happen before, but whenever the net has an issue, my hardwired modem goes down, so therefore so does my wireless. The router is attached to the hardwire modem right, giving you internet? It must be something with the cables underground and the rain. My grandma's phone goes out when it rains. Same concept?

[AAAAA]

Must be, it's just really strange!

[(JD)]

Your internet is "hard wired" to the house via either your telephone line, tv cable provider, or perhaps a satellite?

If you are on dial up and using the phone line, it's most likely that weather does affect the signal somewhere along the line. While it isn't enough to take your phone service down, it can create enough noise on the line to prevent complete packets of information being transferred for internet. Make sure you have line filters on your telephone lines to rule this out. Otherwise, contact your telephone company about checking for noise. I buy replacement filters at the dollar store.

DSL can also use telephone lines via ethernet cable to modem. It's important to have line filters on ALL phones in the house to rule out line noise.

If your tv signal/cable tv signal is deteriorated during storms, and this is your provider for internet service also, then contact them to check the outside lines and connections to the house to solve this issue.

The internet around the world doesn't go "down." A site can go down, but the odds of it being the internet are really huge. If you're having problems getting online, odds are it's solution is near you. TC

[AAAAA]

It's wired up through the phone like, DSL. I've never heard of filters on the phone before, that's something that I'll have to look into.

My TV is satellite, so it's a completely different system than the phone line.

[Lyric]

Sometimes phone filters come in the same box as DSL filters. Did you get what looked like extras in your box?

[Perna]

The internet comes to you through miles and miles of wire, it could be soaked.

[AAAAA]

I guess I'm not being really clear. The desktops are connected to the router via eathercable or whatever it's called, and the laptops are all wireless. When there's a storm outside, the desktops can connect the the internt without issue, but for some reason the laptops cannot connect to the wireless internet.

[(JD)]

Ok, yes that's a different story! Hmmmm I haven't had any issues in this manner.

Perhaps...

when there's a storm you turn on lights that are those new type (fluorescent) and they interfere with the signal? (They do.)

or when there's a storm, you close more doors and that weakens the signal strength between the router and where you are in the house?

If neither of those match up, then contact the maker of the router and ask them (online works.)

I'm interested in the solution for you!

[AAAAA]

There's really no difference in distance from the router I'm usually in my bedroom directly above the router. And doors are not an issue, only my bedroom door separates us, and it's always closed no matter what.

I think I'll wait a bit to contact tech support, I just felt like an idiot, I have a new laptop and was unable to get online with it at all. One day I was online, the next it wouldn't find the signal. Turns out that there's a switch that somehow got flipped that turns the wi-fi capabilities on and off. I had no idea the switch existed, and no idea how it was turned off. Apparently the dog could have done something when she walked over the keyboard to turn it off as well.

[Perna]

Which computer is the router connected to? My husband's desktop controls the router and I don't know if his desktop goes out or not but my laptop does. There are varying strengths of signal and I'd think the storm might make a break in the strength at times so the further away computers; inside the house has "weather" too, odd pressures, etc. A front goes through and your arthritic knee aches :-)

[AAAAA]

The router is connected to the outside ethernet line, the desktops are connected to the router via ethernet lines. I don't think it has a specific computer to control it. It was originally programed by my son's desktop, but he's gotten a new one since. I think I'll have to chalk it up to magic.

[(JD)]

Your two main computers are networking I'll bet. You may need to add the laptop to the "network" rather than rely upon grasping it out of the air when it can? With being part of the network, you could even use the printer (assuming you have one and it's on the network) from the other room via the laptop.

[AAAAA]

Ew, I think you're on to something there Sky! The desktops have internet access as soon as they're turned on. The laptops take a few minutes to grab it. They take a bit longer now that we've installed Trend Micro Pro.

I have thought of networking the printers, but since my beloved HP all-in-one was outdated because of XP, (It was WONDERFUL a three year old could operated it, the software was SO user friendly and I've tried unsuccessfully to use that software on newer all-in-ones) we have a variety of printers for various uses. One HP for printing/copying pictures, another simple HP for printing only, we have a cannon my son uses for school because of its fax feature. It's easier just to put what you need to print out on a jump drive and use the computer appropriate for the need.