The past several days my router has stopped working. I would be surfing and all of a sudden it would say I am not connected to the internet. I would have to unplug the router and plug it back in. This would happen both wired and wireless. It is probably a 5 year old Belkin. Is this the router dieing a slow death or could there be something for me to fix?
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Router Problems
- Thread starter Phillie14586
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Router or Modem
I had a Linksys Router and the symptoms
you've described fits my Linksys dying to
a "T". So I replaced it with an Airport
Extreme Dual band. Everything went great
for about six months then the symptoms
returned. This time it was my Motorola
cable modem that was dying. Same
symptoms different hardware. If you
could borrow a different router in order
to rule out your modem, would be wise.
It could be one or the other or both.
I had a Linksys Router and the symptoms
you've described fits my Linksys dying to
a "T". So I replaced it with an Airport
Extreme Dual band. Everything went great
for about six months then the symptoms
returned. This time it was my Motorola
cable modem that was dying. Same
symptoms different hardware. If you
could borrow a different router in order
to rule out your modem, would be wise.
It could be one or the other or both.
AE WiFi Range
I'm sorry, I use Cat. 6 cable because its better than WiFi
and.......well........because I can. Some people must use
WiFi but in my case its Cat.6.
The AE isn't know for having the longest WiFi range because
it has three small internal antennas as opposed to three
5 or 6 dBi external antennas. You could always HACK open
the AE and add better external antennas but why kill your
warranty.
If you MUST rely on WiFi I would recommend borrowing
(if you can) an AE and try it out. Most people don't have
any problems with their AE's WiFi performance though.
I'm sorry I haven't been much (any) help.
I'm sorry, I use Cat. 6 cable because its better than WiFi
and.......well........because I can. Some people must use
WiFi but in my case its Cat.6.
The AE isn't know for having the longest WiFi range because
it has three small internal antennas as opposed to three
5 or 6 dBi external antennas. You could always HACK open
the AE and add better external antennas but why kill your
warranty.
If you MUST rely on WiFi I would recommend borrowing
(if you can) an AE and try it out. Most people don't have
any problems with their AE's WiFi performance though.
I'm sorry I haven't been much (any) help.
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AE Range
I just purchased my first wireless router
It's and Airport Extreme
If I go beyond 60 ft of unobstructed line of site the signal strength falls to almost nothing.
I think I will try a Cisco router.
I just purchased my first wireless router
It's and Airport Extreme
If I go beyond 60 ft of unobstructed line of site the signal strength falls to almost nothing.
I think I will try a Cisco router.
Wow...My AE allows me about a block and a half in any direction from my house before I can't connect.
Now granted, my Linksys WRT54GL with dd-wrt and 2 7dBi high gain antennae gives me about 4 blocks in any direction, but thats comparing apples to genetically enhanced super apples...