Is this router getting overloaded?

[mcveigh]

I have a strange issue. I work in the medical field and about 6 years ago I helped a friend setup a small lab. It had three computers and simple cable internet modem.
We got the computers setup with the medical software (they work better with a static IP address). We got a Linksys WRT54G2 wifi router and put DD-wrt on it.
It worked fine for about the year I worked there part time.

fast forward to a week ago and I was asked to help out. I immediately notice the DD-wrt router has been reset to defaults, including the password. I have no idea how long it was like that.

Someone has done some work there, but I'm not sure what. There are now 6 computers including one used to display about 20 security camera feeds at once all the time.

The wifi seems to work sporadically, and/or take a long time to connect.

I'm wondering if the router is getting overloaded? If I unplug the router and reconnect it seems to work better for a few minutes.
They also have people often using remote desktop to work on one of the PC's. The owner hasn't complained about issues with the hard wired computers, but he is the type to just ignore any issues unless it was totally unusable.
I'm just grasping at straws here.

 

[mcveigh]

Anyone? Bueller?

 

[nsafreak]

That depends, how are the security feeds coming in to the computer that's displaying them? Are they coming through the router or are they coming in through another method? If they're coming in through the router's wifi then it's possible it might be straining a bit on the load depending on the resolution and if they're sending video all the time or if just upon motion detection or set intervals. Need a bit more information to be sure, it's possible that the router is feeling the strain but it could be other things as well, need a bit more info if possible.

 

[inachu]

That model is not design for super heavy usage. That model also with the oem OS in it has a bug when the log file gets full then the firewall lets everything through. So it was good you flashed it with DD WRT. That router at best is like a 286 in power.
Also that hardware is known to have flaky wifi Just as bad as the wrt54gl. I had a 5 foot tower of wrt54gl stacked on top of each other and was worthless to attempt to set them up to work.


I solved my issues by getting a Apple AC router.

 

[Elixer]

Someone has done some work there, but I'm not sure what. There are now 6 computers including one used to display about 20 security camera feeds at once all the time.

Way too much for that router to handle.
You need a gigabit router now, and I think the Asus AC-66u would be a good fit for you. They also have a newer model, the 68u as well.

 

[mcveigh]

If the security feeds are going through it 's wired. The wifi was just for the owner to use his cell phone and laptop.

I'll bring it up to him but if he's lived with it this long he'll probably not want to spend a dime on a new router.

thanks everyone!

 

[NazForum]

- 20 IP cameras streaming all the time, that is going to take a hugh bandwidth. Go for high end router like Netgear R7000 or Netgear 8000 which can handle giga bits of data