[Cialug] Wireless Router Repeatedly Drops Connection

[Matt]

I did buy a Buffalo wifi bridge (they sometimes call it a "gaming adapter" because it's often used with gaming consoles) that came with a Buffalo firmware, but had a dd-wrt firmware in development at the time.  Since then the dd-wrt firmware has come out.  I have the AC1200 (or 1300 or whatever) model.  It works great for my purposes, and I have been considering getting the matching router as soon as I have the cash for it.

-- Matt (N0BOX)


> On 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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