[Cialug] Wireless Router Repeatedly Drops Connection

[Matthew Nuzum]

I have one of the buffalos that didn't come with DD-WRT but supported it.
It was an easy install. I used it for several years and now it's running
the guest wifi at a restaurant I frequent. (sometime in person, remind me
to tell you about the giant spider in the ceiling)

I've also had good luck with Linksys and D-Link routers. I've found that
generally, the more I paid for a router, the better it worked for me. I
bought an ultra-cheap D-Link that didn't work well if I did any streaming
or used BT. It would overheat and turn off. I bought a nicer D-Link that
never had a problem until, after years of use, I broke the antenna off. It
still worked for a while, but when jostled, the antenna would come loose
and range would plummet.

The Linksys routers I've had more recently were very different from each
other. The first one (E2500) is more hacker friendly, and it had lots of
knobs and buttons in the web control panel. It's great. I wanted Gigabit
and 802.11ac and, without doing enough research, upgraded to an "easy to
use" model (EA6350). Still spent a fair amount of money, and the
performance is exceptional, but the control panel has very less that you
can actually control. I'd buy Linksys again, but I'd want one that supports
IPv6 via a tunnel broker, the main feature I lost with my most recent
upgrade.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:07 AM, Ron Houk <houk.ron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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