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wireless signal dropping
Hello, I am trying to figure out why my router is randomly dropping
the wireless connection. It will go for days before it drops or sometimes just a few hours. The router in question is a Linksys WRT54g v.3 It is located in our crawlspace where it is cool and dry. There is a home phone modem and a cable modem on the same bench. The router is running Tomato 1.28 a third party firmware. This router is a solid performer other than this intermittent problem. When it does lose the wireless connection, we simply unplug the power cable to the router, wait about 10 secs; and we are back in business again. Is my router getting ready to pack it in or is there an interference issue? I would not like to use this solution if there is a fix. Anyone having any ideas as to why this is happening please jump in and offer your ideas or advice. Thanks for listening -J |
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:50:24 -0800 (PST), jinxy
wrote: Hello, I am trying to figure out why my router is randomly dropping the wireless connection. It will go for days before it drops or sometimes just a few hours. The router in question is a Linksys WRT54g v.3 It is located in our crawlspace where it is cool and dry. There is a home phone modem and a cable modem on the same bench. The router is running Tomato 1.28 a third party firmware. This router is a solid performer other than this intermittent problem. When it does lose the wireless connection, we simply unplug the power cable to the router, wait about 10 secs; and we are back in business again. Is my router getting ready to pack it in or is there an interference issue? I would not like to use this solution if there is a fix. Anyone having any ideas as to why this is happening please jump in and offer your ideas or advice. Thanks for listening -J In cases like this I usually buy a new one just in case or to keep as a spare. Things like this are so hard to cure. My whole neighborhood was down for some time, actually a very long time when I decide to add a 2.4 Gig wireless receiver/transmitter system to my surveillance machine. I hate to recount the havoc it caused on so many that actually bought a new laptop, router, modem, switched ISPs and who even knows what else before I finally stopped using those transmitters. So you may never know what could be your source of trouble and if it is not the router you can always return it. It could very well be your other wireless devices. Al |
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wireless signal dropping
On 14/11/2011 2:50 AM, jinxy wrote:
Hello, I am trying to figure out why my router is randomly dropping the wireless connection. It will go for days before it drops or sometimes just a few hours. The router in question is a Linksys WRT54g v.3 It is located in our crawlspace where it is cool and dry. There is a home phone modem and a cable modem on the same bench. The router is running Tomato 1.28 a third party firmware. This router is a solid performer other than this intermittent problem. When it does lose the wireless connection, we simply unplug the power cable to the router, wait about 10 secs; and we are back in business again. Is my router getting ready to pack it in or is there an interference issue? I would not like to use this solution if there is a fix. Anyone having any ideas as to why this is happening please jump in and offer your ideas or advice. Thanks for listening -J 2 things come to mind here. One is the state of your power supply. Do you have the router and/or the modem on a UPS? They are very handy for filtering the spikes, etc. that occur on the mains and also provide a period of battery backup. I had much less hassle simply using a surge suppression power board. The other possibility is interference on the wifi. Try changing the channel and see if the issue still arises. You might want to do a scan around your immediate neighbourhood with someething like wireshark to see what signals are present and what channel they are on. Another issue that could appear to be random is the use of a 2.4 GHz portable phone system in your house or in that of a near neighbour. One of my friends had a problem with that, every time he used the phone his wifi would drop out and often stay out until the router was reset. -- Krypsis |
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In article , KBee wrote:
On Nov 13, 10:50=A0am, jinxy wrote: Hello, I am trying to figure out why my router is randomly dropping the wireless connection. It will go for days before it drops or sometimes just a few hours. The router in question is a Linksys WRT54g v.3 It is located in our crawlspace where it is cool and dry. There is a home phone modem and a cable modem on the same bench. The router is running Tomato 1.28 a third party firmware. This router is a solid performer other than this intermittent problem. When it does lose the wireless connection, we simply unplug the power cable to the router, wait about 10 secs; and we are back in business again. Is my router getting ready to pack it in or is there an interference issue? I would not like to use this solution if there is a fix. Anyone having any ideas as to why this is happening please jump in and offer your ideas or advice. Thanks for listening -J Have you thought about your telephone. Alot of routers and cordless phones are on the same frequency. If your on your phone and the wireless drops that may be it. 802.11b is on 2.4GHZ same as a cordless phone. Also, there are multiple channels you can change your router to. |
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