[Cialug] Wireless Router Repeatedly Drops Connection

[David Champion]

Check for a firmware update. Try turning off any remote access.

-dc

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Scott Prader <rigrunn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's possible that your signal shares a channel with other routers.  If you
> can scan for whatever is around you, it should be relatively simple to
> obtain the channel number/frequency that they operate on.  If you are on,
> say, channel 11 and there are 2 or more others on channel 11, I would
> change my configuration to reflect an unused channel.
>
> Best of luck,
> Scott
> On Dec 14, 2014 8:21 PM, "Todd Walton" <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a Linksys EA6300 router (a somewhat nice home-grade router) that
> > just won't stay up when I have wireless turned on.  With wireless turned
> on
> > it will drop connection, including wired, and reset once every ten
> minutes
> > or so.  I used to change my wireless network name and password and it
> would
> > stay up for a couple of hours before falling back into the ten minute
> > pattern. But lately I can change my wireless network name and password
> and
> > it's back to dropping within minutes.  If I turn off wireless altogether
> my
> > desktop computer does just fine, never losing connection.
> >
> > Could someone else in my apartment building be causing this? By scanning
> > and trying to crack the security, perhaps?
> >
> > --
> > Todd
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