Why does Wireless Router does not work sometimes?

Question

For some reason, my internet connection will stop at times, I have to dissconnect my Linksys wireless-g router and connect modem directly to computer, anyone know why this happens? Thanks

Correction, it is not the wireless router that stops working, it is the internet connection to any computer in house, even the one that is directly wired to router and modem.

DSL connection and I replaced all of my connection cables...The connection works fine when I take out the wireless router. Do these things go bad over time?

Answer 1

ok, first, remember that your router sits between your computers and the modem, so if the router gets messed up, ALL connections to the internet are hosed. and if you disconnect the router from the modem, you have to power cycle the modem when you connect it to a different device, such as directly to a computer.

second, not sure if this is the same, but i had something simlilar happen with my linksys wireless-g router. initially we noticed that it would happen when we went to watch videos on the web. i spent HOURS on the phone with linksys (who I always liked, and had bought numerous products from), to no avail...and we could not reproduce the problem if we took the router of of the mix.

long story short, the problem went from intermittent to daily, and it was too much to take. so i went out and bought a buffalo router.

in the five months since i bought it, it has not dropped a connection once, despite HOURS AND HOURS of youtube use by a 17 year old. i bought a second one to act as a wireless access point, to expand my network. bulletproof. my folks got one too, to replace their linksys, which was also regularly dropping connections, requiring the reset both router and modem to reestablish connectivity. they haven't had to reset their router in months, either, nor has my friend, who bought two.

manuals aren't great, but follow the instructions to the letter, and you should be fine.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Have you tried upgrading the firmware some routers have 'buggy' firmware and need to be updated to work out the kinks.


To upgrade the firmware go to linksys.com find the router you're using and download the firmware upgrade to your desktop open IE and type this in the address bar 192.168.1.1 if no one has set up a password or user name type admin in the user name leave the password field blank and press enter, then go to administration and you'll see firmware upgrade click on that and finally upload the file you've just downloaded.

Answer 4

What may be happening is that DSL providers usually require a login to their service. You can program the router to login for you by setting up a PPPOE login. You enter your username and password for IP and the router will keep you logged in.

Answer 5

If its a cable modem, the most likely culprit would be the coaxial cable from the wall to the modem. Next I would replace any splitters. Sometimes the signals from the carrier degrade as new users are added to a node, so what once worked fine may not work as well.