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    Dlink DIR-615 BG draft N router

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Dspr_02, Jul 21, 2009.

  1. Dspr_02

    Dspr_02 Notebook Evangelist

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    I got this puppy in May of this year, and it occasionally drops the WiFi connection.

    Now this has been determined that it is not the computers or laptops that are faulty, since it seems improbable that 2 motherboard's WiFi cards die, a PCI wifi card dies, and 3 laptop cards die all at the same time.

    Running FW version 3.10NA (north america)

    Here is a pic of my setup for WiFi - Note that changing the chanel to 1 did help to make the connection dropping less frequent.

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    Any ideas of what to do to make it completely stop dropping connections?
     
    Dspr_02, Jul 21, 2009
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  2. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    How many other wireless networks are there in your vicinity that operate on channel 1? If there are a number, then it's possible that there's enough interference that it's causing the router to drop out.
     
    Shyster1, Jul 21, 2009
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  3. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    You don't mention your wireless adapter, guessing Intel 5300? I have had tons of trouble with this router and the intel 5300.

    The most stable connection I have managed is do what you do but change the cipher to AES from TKIP and using driver version 12.0.0.78

    I keep hoping a firmware revision fixes it, but am not hopeful....
     
    gerryf19, Jul 22, 2009
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  4. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    high-larry-us

    I swear, I have not had a disconnect for two months until the moment I answer this thread and then boom--down goes the connection. HA!

    I hate this stupid router...gonna dive into the old router box and find me a Buffalo.....
     
    gerryf19, Jul 22, 2009
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    You should take a look at the DIR-628. I have one running in my condo and at my parents' place. It's as stable as a rock. The only downside is you can't run 2.4GHz and 5GHz at the same time.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Jul 22, 2009
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  6. Dspr_02

    Dspr_02 Notebook Evangelist

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    WiFi adapters :

    IBM - Intel 1395 ABG WiFi
    HP - Boradcom MaxPerformance BG
    Media PC - Airlink 101 Super G
    1)Asus P5K-e WiFi AP motherboard (Azure Wireless soldered onto the Motherboard- realtek chip)
    2)Asus P5K-e WiFi AP motherboard (Azure Wireless soldered onto the Motherboard- realtek chip)


    We are running on Chanel 1, people in our complex all run on 6...so there is no real problem there.
     
    Dspr_02, Jul 22, 2009
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    any cordless phones or microwave ovens within say, 100 feet of the router?
     
    newsposter, Jul 22, 2009
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  8. Dspr_02

    Dspr_02 Notebook Evangelist

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    nope, the router is in my room, by my pc. No phones in my room and I am on the second floor while the microwave is on the bottom floor.
     
    Dspr_02, Jul 22, 2009
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  9. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    did you switch to aes?
     
    gerryf19, Jul 22, 2009
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  10. Dspr_02

    Dspr_02 Notebook Evangelist

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    no still running on TKIP, all preivous routers ran perfectly fine on WPA2-TKIP
     
    Dspr_02, Jul 22, 2009
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    But NOT the DIR-615. I didn't say to change the cipher type on all the previous routers, did I?

    I said I had much more stable results on the router you are having trouble with using aes.

    Why ask for help and then ignore the suggestions?
     
    gerryf19, Jul 22, 2009
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  12. Dspr_02

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    I am sorry, I miss understood what you were asking. I have tried AES and TKIP and still had no change.

    And I only used TKIP on previous routers, I did not go back to the old routers to try to change the "cipher type".

    It seems that we both misunderstood each other, and for the record, I was just answering your question, not ignoring your advice.
     
    Dspr_02, Jul 22, 2009
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