[Cialug] Wireless Router Repeatedly Drops Connection

[David Champion]

I use the "WiFi Analyzer" android app, or inSSIDer on Windows. There are
some Linux based apps for this, I haven't used them lately.

Interfering radio signals shouldn't make your router lose the wired
connection. There is something else going on.

It could be as simple as a weak power brick, or a bad capacitor on the
router's circuit board. Or it could be a flaw in the firmware.

-dc

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My problem router has remote access turned off, firmware is updated, and
> the network is not broadcasting. Makes no difference for the restart
> behavior. How would I learn what channel other networks in the area are
> using? I suppose there's an Android app for that? Also, is there a way to
> reliably block out wifi signals? Tin foil? I was thinking maybe I could
> block the side of the router that faces the rest of the building and let it
> project/receive only in the direction of my apartment. That might rule out
> any interference from anybody else with an aggressive wifi scanner, or at
> least cut down on it.
>
> Speaking of routers and spiders in the ceiling, check out these pictures I
> took at a local hardware store:
>
> - http://imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=21363
> - http://imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=21364
>
> And another thing... whatever happened to snipping and bottom posting?
>
> --
> Todd
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