[Cialug] Wireless Router Repeatedly Drops Connection

[Ron Houk]

Anyone ever try one of those buffalo routers that comes with dd-wrt
installed by default?

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/open-source-dd-wrt/airstation-highpower-n300-dd-wrt-wireless-router
On Dec 15, 2014 12:48 AM, "Matt" <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:

> When 802.11n routers finally dropped the "draft n" label, I bought an
> expensive Linksys wireless-n router at CompUSA's going out of business
> sale.  It refused to keep a connection for more than ten minutes at a time
> right out of the box, but they didn't allow returns, so I was screwed.
>
> A few months later I bought a new Linksys wireless-n router with similar
> features, but a completely different design, and it lasted about 6 months
> before it started doing the same thing. I hobbled it along for a couple
> more months by putting it on the floor over one of the central air vents
> (it was summer, and this kept it relatively cool, which seemed to help).
>
> Eventually, though, no amount of cooling was helping, so I bought a third
> wireless-n router -- this time a D-Link dual band N300 router marketed to
> gamers -- and I haven't had to buy any new routers for the past four years.
>
> Never will I ever buy anything Linksys ever again.  I've seen and heard
> bad things about D-Link over the years, but I haven't had a single problem
> out of my router other than the fact that it took 3 years to get a version
> of dd-wrt released for it.  I will admit that the factory firmware for it
> was pretty weak, but it served my consumer needs well enough.  Now that
> there is a version of dd-wrt for it, though, I can set up a guest network
> for it, and I have far more information about and control over my LAN.
>
> -- Matt
>
>
> > On Dec 14, 2014, at 8:55 PM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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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