Hi everyone,
Was wondering if anyone could offer some advice.
I have been using the about router for the last 2.5 ish years with almost no issues. Recently however I can hardly connect to it, there are times, like now where I have no issues. Most of the time it's just a nightmare.
My wife and I are running 2 laptops, a PS3 and our phones through the router. We moved house, from a condo, last year and have nothing but issues since. I bought a repeater last year to boost the signal, that doesn't seem to be the issue though as the signal strength rarely goes below 100% and the signal quality is always 'excellent'.
When I bought the router I was using it in G/N mode, my sadly RIP 3 year old Lenovo T61P was N capable, her T60 wasn't. Now we just run it in G (or G/N mode) as G is the maximum speed for her laptop (and my work one I am typing on right now).
Of the local visible networks we have a next door neighbor on G channel 11 and another on G channel 7, that's it in terms of visible networks. We are on G channel 3.
The transmit rate on our router goes from 54mbps to 1mbps to 32mbps to 1mbps to 54mbps within 5-10 secs. Most of the time it's stuck at 1mbps. I have set the transmit rate at 54mbps but it doesn't stop it fluctuating. When I can connect to the router after a period of inactivity I will log into it and reboot it and sometimes it'll be fine. Sometime I have to resest the whole thing and upload the config file to the router to reset it. When I have reset it and the security is off there is no issues connecting.... Great.
I have tried turning Channel Auto off, selecting channels, changing from G to G/N to just B or G/B mixed. Nothing seems to help.
It isn't a problem with just one laptop either, when the laptops cannot connect I can't connect with the PS3's or phones...
Any advice would be gratefully appreciated!![]()
Tech info:-
- Router:- Dlink DIR 655.
- Firmware:- Current Firmware Version :1.21. Current Firmware Date :2008/10/09.
- Mode:- G Only.
- Channel:- 3 Auto.
- Trans Rate:- 54mbps.
- Security WPA Personal.
- Cipher:- AES.
- Group Key Update Interval :3600
- WPA Mode : Auto WPA or WPA2
- Repeater:- DAP-1360
Thanks in advance!
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Hi,
Try this:
Wireless:
Mode: G only
Channel: 1, 6 or 11 try which one works best.
Rate: Auto
Width: 20Mhz
Mode: WPA Only
Cihper: TKIP
Advanced Wireless:
WLAN Partition: Check
WMM Enable: Check
Short GI: Uncheck
Extra Wireless Protection: Check
Wish:
Enable WISH: Uncheck
QoS Engine:
Enable Traffic Shaping: Uncheck
Enable QoS Engine: Uncheck -
Thanks! I'll give that a try. The only thing I couldn't do was the bandwidth, it's not an option on G only. On the orig config 'Short GI' was checked and 'WLAN Partition' was unchecked.
If this fixes it you have cyber friend for life!!
Thanks again. -
Hopefully all goes well let us know your results, I could use a good cyber buddy.
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