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Wireless router has been playing up for the last 2-3 days, randomly disconnecting. It's always done that, but recently it's been frequent rather than occasional. My brother is constantly shouting about it and blaming me, or trying to form some sort of incorrect theory. It tends to happen to him more than me, but it has been happening an annoying amount of times the last few days, possibly 10 times in the last 2 hours.
No settings have changed on the router since it was originally setup about 2 years ago.
Thoughts?
No settings have changed on the router since it was originally setup about 2 years ago.
Thoughts?
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WEP is enabled, but only at 64-bit, so that my brother's laptop can work with it.
Yes, we have several neighbours with wireless networks nearby where we can pick up their signals. What I always thought was that our router was randomly resetting, and during the time it took to do that, our computers had already scanned and connected to the next strongest signal to keep the connection going, even though that didn't work because we would then have incorrect WEP keys.
Our data channel is set to 13, with the neighbours' set to 1 and 6 which are currently in range. Would this cause any problem? I thought that because they're on seperate channels, that would be enough to stop interference.
I haven't yet tried any of these suggestions though. I'll try them in the morning, when I'm more awake. Thanks though. I'll reply tomorrow.
Yes, we have several neighbours with wireless networks nearby where we can pick up their signals. What I always thought was that our router was randomly resetting, and during the time it took to do that, our computers had already scanned and connected to the next strongest signal to keep the connection going, even though that didn't work because we would then have incorrect WEP keys.
Our data channel is set to 13, with the neighbours' set to 1 and 6 which are currently in range. Would this cause any problem? I thought that because they're on seperate channels, that would be enough to stop interference.
I haven't yet tried any of these suggestions though. I'll try them in the morning, when I'm more awake. Thanks though. I'll reply tomorrow.
A neighbour's bought themselves a wireless router recently would be my main thought, and the signals are getting mixed.
If you can, log in to your router and look for the channel setting, and change this to another value, making sure you also change each of your connected computers wireless setting to match the new channel.
Also, see if your Broadcast Name setting within the router is switched on, and try turning it off, as other peoples wireless cards maybe trying to connect to it.
Finally, ensure you're using the encryption on your router.
If you can, log in to your router and look for the channel setting, and change this to another value, making sure you also change each of your connected computers wireless setting to match the new channel.
Also, see if your Broadcast Name setting within the router is switched on, and try turning it off, as other peoples wireless cards maybe trying to connect to it.
Finally, ensure you're using the encryption on your router.
Wireless router has been playing up for the last 2-3 days, randomly disconnecting. It's always done that, but recently it's been frequent rather than occasional. My brother is constantly shouting about it and blaming me, or trying to form some sort of incorrect theory. It tends to happen to him more than me, but it has been happening an annoying amount of times the last few days, possibly 10 times in the last 2 hours.
No settings have changed on the router since it was originally setup about 2 years ago.
Thoughts?
No settings have changed on the router since it was originally setup about 2 years ago.
Thoughts?
Page: