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I have a wireless router and for the last couple days, I’m connected for about 4-6 minutes and then the connection resets itself. This happens on both the desktop and laptop. I was wondering if there is anything I can do to fix it so I’m always connected and it doesn’t reset itself?
How far away are you from the wireless router and what is between the router and the computers? Wireless signal can be interrupted or dampened by a numerous amount of things. Try moving closer to the router or removing other electrical devices from around the computer and/or router.
I’m in the same room and still disconnects. I also need to clarify that the desktop isn’t wireless it is connected through the router.
Try this: Plug your desktop right into the modem (no router). See if your connection is still dropping out.
I know it doesn’t drop out with the modem, when I left for my dad’s this weekend I unpluged the router and just used the modem. I know I’m still connected because of AIM.
EDIT: Could it be dropping out because the router is too hot? I just thought of that because to the touch the router is very hot.
Well it’s definately your router then. I couldn’t think of any reason for it dropping out like that, though. Maybe try resetting it to factory defaults through its interface?
Actually, now that I think about it, could you tell me a few things? I may have an idea.
Could you tell me:
– Your ISP
– Your modem brand name
– Your router model number and brand nameThanks 🙂
Adelphia
Motorola
Belkin
I don’t have the model number because I’m not at my house.
But I’m sure its this one: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201522&pcount=&Product_Id=136493Try this: Unplug your modem and router (power, not ethernet). Plug in your router first, and reset it to factory defaults. Then unplug it again, and plug your modem and router in. That may work.
Return your router and exchange it for a new one, Belkin isn’t all that hot of a brand, you’re better off with a Linksys or Netgear. But the device should never be hot to the touch, or even anything above slightly warm.
Well I had a Linksys and it wouldn’t work at all so I returned it. I decided to try a different brand to see if it might work. I guess I’ll just return this one to get another Linksys.
Spike: I’ll try what you said when I get home to see if it works. If not I’ll do what I said above.
Another thing: If your modem has a built-in router, they may be on different subnets / IP ranges. Do you know if your modem is also a router? That may be why both brands haven’t been working, but, lie Dave said, the router should never be HOT to the touch, only warm.
Spike wrote:Another thing: If your modem has a built-in router, they may be on different subnets / IP ranges. Do you know if your modem is also a router? That may be why both brands haven’t been working, but, lie Dave said, the router should never be HOT to the touch, only warm.It’d still work even if they were the same subnet. Linksys and Netgear (and probably Belkin) routers–except for the very new linksys’s, run a slimmed down distro of Linux, using iptables firewall rules for packet routing.. and they specify by interface. You’d probably have some issues, but it should still work. His problem is hardware.
I’ve been home and tried some different things. One thing I tried was just setting up the router by itself not connected to the pc, all the lights lit up. But then my pc even though I was connected via ethernet to the cable modem that was connected and online it wasn’t online. I would open up firefox and get a blank page and it was done loading. I tried in IE and got “the page you have requested can not ne found.” The question I’m getting at was why is my pc affected when the router is in a totally different room?
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