[Cialug] Wireless Router Repeatedly Drops Connection

[David Champion]

If you're using DD-WRT, you can make any router into a WiFi bridge, no need
to buy the specialized bridge devices. I've set them up this way several
times.

-dc

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Matt <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:
>
> 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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