I am connected to the internet through my wireless Linksys 300N router along with the WMP300N Network card, but every so often it drops for a few seconds. Its really annoying, it will shut off anything I'm doing and reconnect to the internet. Sometimes it happens very frequently, like its happened about 8 times in the last 10 minutes.
I used to think it was due to memory insufficiency, since it would take up about 47% of my CPU Usage, but I just went out and bought 2 extra gigs of memory, and it STILL takes up about 47% CPU usage.
Please help. Thanks.
2006-12-26 10:54:24 · 3 answers · asked by Josh H 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
The signal drop is one the disadvantage of wireless. It does not have anything to do with your system RAM. You probably need to move your router and/or your pc to another location with less electronic inteference. If it's not possible, get a wireless repeater/range expander or a signal booster to increase the range/strength or your connection.
2006-12-26 11:06:03 · answer #1 · answered by Ted B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, make sure that your router has the latest bios. That often fixes lots of things.
Second, I'm betting that someone has a 2.4 ghz phone within range of your system. That would produce the symptoms that you describe.
Third, the CPU util means that something is running in the background. You need to find it and figure out what is causing that.
2006-12-26 10:57:36 · answer #2 · answered by geek49203 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there could be dozens of reasons why. the 802.11x protocol is far from perfected.
2006-12-26 11:04:39 · answer #3 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋