techwhosaysnee
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Having some network problems at home. In the past it wasn't as bad, but I'm thinkign I just didn't notice it as much with the way I use my connection when I'm home. My wife has always complained.
Before getting into my current understanding of the problems, I've done the following and have illeminated every simple solution I can think of: Replaced the modem, replaced the router, tried from various cards. Disabled all settings on router. Plugging into the modem directly makes all the problems go away, but I refuse to beleive I have two broken routers in a row. I don't remember the cause of replacing the router for sure so I'm going to set it up later this week and see if it gives me the same problems.
Right now I'm noticing that signal is good in all areas of the house (several bars, anyway) but the connection is slower than I think it should be. I've also noticed that the modem/router need to be rebooted usually around once a day at least, but sometimes much more. If I go to any graphic-intensive site such as a photoshop contest, the connection stops communicating with the internet, and sometimes disappears altogether from my list of available networks.
My wife read something that makes her think it has something to do with the modem going too fast for our cards, but when I plug into the modem directly this is fine, unless it's something about the modem working too fast for wifi, which I'm not very familiar with yet.
I'm going to try my old router, and see if I can make it work, but I remember something about losing my connection made me change in the first place, so I am not hopeful about that solution.
Also, I don't have any cordless phones (or any home phone really) and I've tried moving my computer away from the other livingroom electronics such as the stereo and TV to prevent RFI, but it still is teh broken.
Before getting into my current understanding of the problems, I've done the following and have illeminated every simple solution I can think of: Replaced the modem, replaced the router, tried from various cards. Disabled all settings on router. Plugging into the modem directly makes all the problems go away, but I refuse to beleive I have two broken routers in a row. I don't remember the cause of replacing the router for sure so I'm going to set it up later this week and see if it gives me the same problems.
Right now I'm noticing that signal is good in all areas of the house (several bars, anyway) but the connection is slower than I think it should be. I've also noticed that the modem/router need to be rebooted usually around once a day at least, but sometimes much more. If I go to any graphic-intensive site such as a photoshop contest, the connection stops communicating with the internet, and sometimes disappears altogether from my list of available networks.
My wife read something that makes her think it has something to do with the modem going too fast for our cards, but when I plug into the modem directly this is fine, unless it's something about the modem working too fast for wifi, which I'm not very familiar with yet.
I'm going to try my old router, and see if I can make it work, but I remember something about losing my connection made me change in the first place, so I am not hopeful about that solution.
Also, I don't have any cordless phones (or any home phone really) and I've tried moving my computer away from the other livingroom electronics such as the stereo and TV to prevent RFI, but it still is teh broken.