I decided to reset the main login password of my Netgear router to something 55 characters long, just a chaotic string of letters (uppercase and lowercase) and numbers. I typed the password into a text editor and pasted it in both the regular and confirmation password fields. Then I was asked...
So far I've only had to reboot the Netgear router three times when it dropped internet access for both computers. I don't guess that's too bad for something I've had since January 5, 2011.
No, we live out in the country and there's a perfect line of sight to the satellite. There are no trees anywhere near the line of sight. But the problem was the router, anyway. It's been replaced and I no longer lose the satellite signal... of course, now Facebook buttons have stopped working...
@Norway - Yes, the Linksys WRT54G was doing the same thing and it was getting worse.
@tlcscousin - I went with a Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router. It was $149 on sale at Best Buy. Setup was extremely easy and I didn't have to do anything to the two computers because I used the...
Hmmm... I wonder:
www.google.com
"Linksys sucks" - About 656 results
"Netgear sucks" - About 2,710 results
" D-Link sucks" - About 8,430 results
So I've got to make a choice between a Linksys E3000, or a Netgear equivalent that sits right next to it at Best Buy, or a D-Link® DIR-825 Xtreme N™...
Oh, I also forgot to ask -- do the network adapters and wireless USB network adapters have to be the same brand or if they're all 802.11g, is that enough? I'm hoping I can still find an 802.11g router because my PC doesn't have a free PCI slot and the network card is built onto the motherboard...
Okay, I bypassed the router while my friend was at work and I never lost my connection. It's definitely the router.
So away it goes. Now the question is... I read on this site about a router for gamers that has two connection buffers so when one buffer fills up without releasing old...
LOL, well I thought maybe there might be some kind of setting I could change, or maybe I could reconfigure something. If I knew for sure whether this has been going on since I got the router new, I'd know that either (a) Linksys sucks, or (b) my configuration sucks.
Router: Linksys WRT54g Version 6 (Wired/Wireless Hybrid), plugged into a UPS, Firmware updated a couple or three months ago.
Computers: Two connected, one is wired (WinXP), the other is wireless (Windows Vista).
Satellite Modem: Hughes HN7000S
This is a problem I didn't realize I was having...
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