I bought a new gigabit router, Archer C8, using the v2 firmware, and last version.
The router so far didn't present any conectivity issues using wifi, and surpassed the old non-gigabit DIR-809 I had.
It came with a CAT5-E cable. So I used this cable to connect to the ISP modem. Then I did the following:
- Already had a CAT-6 ethernet cable here, but had to cut the cable and insert new connectors.
In other words, the CAT-6 wasn't already available for me to use it, and I asked a person to do this job. Then I tested for a few days. The CAT-6 connected in my PC and from there to the Archer C8 LAN port. I also updated the Realtek drivers.
3 times I had this problem: in the PC the browser stopped working, saying DNS Error, not connected... and this has always happened when I had JDownloader and Vuze (torrent software) downloading things (using the max DL speed from my ISP). I noticed everytime this happened the downloads weren't stopped, they continued, and the wifi was still working.
Someone said to me that working on the cable wasn't desirable, that I should have prefered an ethernet cable (CAT 5-E or 6) that was already finished, with its connectors in place.
I am beginning to think that these DNS errors (that are gone after seconds or when we reboot the devices) are related to this. I am going to purchase a new CAT 5-E cable, however I need to ask you if DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET can be related to a defective ethernet cable.
So far I am not considering this might be Archer C8's fault.
The router so far didn't present any conectivity issues using wifi, and surpassed the old non-gigabit DIR-809 I had.
It came with a CAT5-E cable. So I used this cable to connect to the ISP modem. Then I did the following:
- Already had a CAT-6 ethernet cable here, but had to cut the cable and insert new connectors.
In other words, the CAT-6 wasn't already available for me to use it, and I asked a person to do this job. Then I tested for a few days. The CAT-6 connected in my PC and from there to the Archer C8 LAN port. I also updated the Realtek drivers.
3 times I had this problem: in the PC the browser stopped working, saying DNS Error, not connected... and this has always happened when I had JDownloader and Vuze (torrent software) downloading things (using the max DL speed from my ISP). I noticed everytime this happened the downloads weren't stopped, they continued, and the wifi was still working.
Someone said to me that working on the cable wasn't desirable, that I should have prefered an ethernet cable (CAT 5-E or 6) that was already finished, with its connectors in place.
I am beginning to think that these DNS errors (that are gone after seconds or when we reboot the devices) are related to this. I am going to purchase a new CAT 5-E cable, however I need to ask you if DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET can be related to a defective ethernet cable.
So far I am not considering this might be Archer C8's fault.