Network Problems

[paintballwebs]

I posted this in Networking earlier in the week and there were no replies. I know that it is out of place in this forum, but there are far more readers in OT, so please bear with me. Thanks.

My father called me this afternoon with a problem that I have never heard of with his Linksys Wireless G router. He says that if you connect, you will stay connected for several minutes then be disconnected and the router will not reconnect until it is unplugged and allowed to reset. There is also a desktop connected to the router with a standard ethernet cable and the problem occurs there as well. Any info/ideas would be greatly appreciated, as networking is not my forte. Thanks in advance.


I'm sorry that no one has helped you yet in the networking forum. Suggestion: bump your original thread there, and provide a lot more information. To figure out what information might be important, search that forum for other threads having similar router problems. (I just looked at 4 or 5 threads.) You might even find the answer in one of those threads (at least 1 that I saw had links to other trouble-shooting resources for Linksys wireless routers. I understand your reason for posting this in the wrong forum, but it's still not allowable. Sorry. -Anandtech Moderator DrPizza

 

[Kaido]

Get a new router!

edit: yes, really - get a new router. I install Linksys routers all the time and I've never had an issue like that; they are typically rock solid. You can also try a new firmware, if that doesn't fix it then it sounds like a hardware problem.

 

[Tweak155]

Try to update firmware if it doesn't time out on you.

 

[spidey07]

You need to provide MUCH more information. What do you mean by connect? What do you mean by disconnected? Do you mean you maintain association to the access point but can't communicate or use the Intarweb?

Run a continuous ping to the inside address of your router - "ping 192.168.1.1 -t"

Wireless is very prone to factors outside of your control like interference. So specific symptoms are necessary. Funny how my post sounds familiar.

 

[paintballwebs]

Yeah, I told him to update the firmware, no idea if he did it or not. Will check that out as soon as possible. Thanks OT for a speedy response, but if anyone has anymore ideas, I would welcome them.

 

[paintballwebs]

I have no idea, this is from him over the phone, and as bad as I am at networking, he is 100 times worse. I will look into the details as soon as I can.