(Written at the same time as wmcatty.)
WiFi signal? Now just to confirm this router is cabled (as I understand it) and WiFi capable? WLIP is cabled to the router?
If so the console has nothing to do with the WiFi signal or am I missing something?
Router is DSL and wireless-ethernet capable. The only Ethernet cable to the router is from the WLIP.
Yes, you are missing something. Re-read the entire thread to get the whole picture.
One
possibility being investigated, is an intermittent connection between one pin in the console, and the WLIP connector. The investigation "technique" is to change out the console.
That possibility was not extremely high on the probability list, but a tremendous lot of other things have been (apparently) eliminated. It is, for instance, clear that - both before and after WLIP "outages" - a computer (wirelessly) connected to the router can freely and correctly access WeatherLink.com. So, it's not "internet connectivity" nor likely to be DNS.
Yes, I'm aware of "give the WLIP a static address". Assuming robust WLIP firmware, that
should not be necessary, and
should not fix the problem, and if changing out the console doesn't fix the problem, it's the next thing on my list to do
anyway. If it happens that fixes it, we have learned something and also know that there is some problem with WLIP firmware. As you may recall, there was a previous problem with Verizon FIOS and WLIP compatibility that required a WLIP firmware update.