I’m a home user with a (new) Motorola cable modem, an (almost new) Netgear WNDR3700 (N600) router, two Win 7 computers hardwired to the router and a MacBook that I use wirelessly. In addition, an iPad and a couple of iPhones use the wireless. There’s a wireless repeater (also Netgear) across the house to extend wireless into the back yard.
I know how to log in to the router and fiddle with its configuration. I know how to set up a network in Win 7. Everything was working just fine, but then the router started dropping my internet connection. Not just wireless, the whole thing. It would slow down, then stop, then come back.
Time Warner came out and adjusted some frequency-strength readings that they said were out of whack. Always love it when they find something that’s out of whack due to the implication that it can be put into whack and all will be well.
What I’ve got now is: if the main Win 7 machine that shares furniture with the modem is plugged directly into the modem, it has a steady connection over days and days. As soon as I bring the router into the picture, the connection becomes unreliable. Clocks at 30Mbps download and 5 upload when it’s working -- that’s what I’m paying for -- but it just cuts out for anything from a minute to an afternoon.
I’ve replaced cables and I can afford to replace the router. But this fancy dual-band gigabit router with no moving parts -- can it really just be a bad piece of hardware after working perfectly for a year?
PS: I'm not sure, but it seems that when I "release and renew" my lease (I assume another word for my spot on the Internet through the router) once or twice, it brings the router back online. But when the connection stops, it still says I have a lease and the new one when I renew looks exactly the same. Head-scratching...
PS: I'm not sure, but it seems that when I "release and renew" my lease (I assume another word for my spot on the Internet through the router) once or twice, it brings the router back online. But when the connection stops, it still says I have a lease and the new one when I renew looks exactly the same. Head-scratching...
Sorry to be so long-winded. Any suggestions?
I know how to log in to the router and fiddle with its configuration. I know how to set up a network in Win 7. Everything was working just fine, but then the router started dropping my internet connection. Not just wireless, the whole thing. It would slow down, then stop, then come back.
Time Warner came out and adjusted some frequency-strength readings that they said were out of whack. Always love it when they find something that’s out of whack due to the implication that it can be put into whack and all will be well.
What I’ve got now is: if the main Win 7 machine that shares furniture with the modem is plugged directly into the modem, it has a steady connection over days and days. As soon as I bring the router into the picture, the connection becomes unreliable. Clocks at 30Mbps download and 5 upload when it’s working -- that’s what I’m paying for -- but it just cuts out for anything from a minute to an afternoon.
I’ve replaced cables and I can afford to replace the router. But this fancy dual-band gigabit router with no moving parts -- can it really just be a bad piece of hardware after working perfectly for a year?
PS: I'm not sure, but it seems that when I "release and renew" my lease (I assume another word for my spot on the Internet through the router) once or twice, it brings the router back online. But when the connection stops, it still says I have a lease and the new one when I renew looks exactly the same. Head-scratching...
PS: I'm not sure, but it seems that when I "release and renew" my lease (I assume another word for my spot on the Internet through the router) once or twice, it brings the router back online. But when the connection stops, it still says I have a lease and the new one when I renew looks exactly the same. Head-scratching...
Sorry to be so long-winded. Any suggestions?
