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Any of you clever people have anty idea why my wireless connection keeps 'dropping out' and, more importantly, how I can stop it?
Many thanks
Many thanks
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Logistika
- Original Poster
- #2
Can you be more specific please?
What is a wireless connection? Is it a mobile dongle on one machine, or is it a landline with a wireless facility you connect to in your office, or your house? Is there a concrete wall or other obstacle between the Wireless Acess Point and the receiver?
If posible, just give a lay persons view of the setup, and the symptoms of the dropping out and your own thoughts re the causes, ie patterns of dropouts
What is a wireless connection? Is it a mobile dongle on one machine, or is it a landline with a wireless facility you connect to in your office, or your house? Is there a concrete wall or other obstacle between the Wireless Acess Point and the receiver?
If posible, just give a lay persons view of the setup, and the symptoms of the dropping out and your own thoughts re the causes, ie patterns of dropouts
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- Original Poster
- #3
Hilogistika
It is a Netgear wireless network through an ordinary landline
The server is a couple of rooms away from the router, though signal strength indicates 'very good'
Irt periodically (ie about every 5 minutes or so) drops out, the reconnects itself after about 30 seconds. most annoying if you are downloading or purchasng online!
It is a Netgear wireless network through an ordinary landline
The server is a couple of rooms away from the router, though signal strength indicates 'very good'
Irt periodically (ie about every 5 minutes or so) drops out, the reconnects itself after about 30 seconds. most annoying if you are downloading or purchasng online!
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Can you give a rundown of the hardware and the operating systems? We've heard a server is involved, but not what kind. We've heard nothing about any desktops or laptops. What kind of Netgear router?
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Logistika
- Original Poster
- #6
Unfortunately, it is merely an exercise in elimination, of identifying the weakest link in your communications channel.
Although its an annoyance to relocate equipment, move the server into the same room for a day, and test it at different periods to see if the problem continues.
If not, the problem is defintely wireless droppage.
If it does continue then plug the server into the router with a cable. If it still drops connection, then it would point to being a broadband issue, not a wi-fi issue.
Type broadband speed checker into google and run one of those speed tests, and check the spped against what the ISP is supposedly giving you. This might indicate a bad broadband connection.
The two most likely options are::
1. The router itself is of low quality, and cannot cope with transmitting packets , hence the make and model fo the router would point to its usefulness.
2. You said server was two rooms away. Are they stud walls or solid, and are there other obstacles in the line of sight. I had occasion once where two wireless cards had good signal, through one stud wall and one solid wall, yet intermittently dropped signal. It was finally tracked down to when the secretary was standing at the photocopier.
Although its an annoyance to relocate equipment, move the server into the same room for a day, and test it at different periods to see if the problem continues.
If not, the problem is defintely wireless droppage.
If it does continue then plug the server into the router with a cable. If it still drops connection, then it would point to being a broadband issue, not a wi-fi issue.
Type broadband speed checker into google and run one of those speed tests, and check the spped against what the ISP is supposedly giving you. This might indicate a bad broadband connection.
The two most likely options are::
1. The router itself is of low quality, and cannot cope with transmitting packets , hence the make and model fo the router would point to its usefulness.
2. You said server was two rooms away. Are they stud walls or solid, and are there other obstacles in the line of sight. I had occasion once where two wireless cards had good signal, through one stud wall and one solid wall, yet intermittently dropped signal. It was finally tracked down to when the secretary was standing at the photocopier.
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Hi,
If the wired connection turns out good and it is the wireless that is the problem, try changing the channel on the router through the admin settings (I find channel 9 is best).
This is normally a good fix when there lots of other wireless routers in close proximity.
Also download and update your wireless network card drivers. Normally improves things.
One last one.... Has it always done this? Or has something "changed" recently?
If the wired connection turns out good and it is the wireless that is the problem, try changing the channel on the router through the admin settings (I find channel 9 is best).
This is normally a good fix when there lots of other wireless routers in close proximity.
Also download and update your wireless network card drivers. Normally improves things.
One last one.... Has it always done this? Or has something "changed" recently?
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Logistika
- Original Poster
- #9
I have suffered the same problem today. On 4 occasions, my broadband went down, and reconnected between 30 - 60 seconds later.
In your case my first suspicion was the Wireless leg of your connection, but I'm hard wired.
As REBOOTTHAT suggested, go into the admin panel of your router.
On my system the url is http://192.168.1.254 but yours may be different.
Another popular url is http://192.168.0.254
You will either be asked to set a password, if not been on it before, or possibly a default one is set by manufacturer. If you don't have the manual that came with it, a google search on the exact router model should yield the online manual.
Have a poke around the logs, and see if anything stands out. It might help identify the problem.
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Our home has many wireless dead zones, and some times people moving about can temporarily shift these zones causing signals to temporarily drop. Occasionaly our wireless door bell rings by itself.
We've recently placed our router in a high corner in a large room at one end of the house, and now we get a stronger signal, both in the house and the garden.
We've recently placed our router in a high corner in a large room at one end of the house, and now we get a stronger signal, both in the house and the garden.
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