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    Have to re-boot router every 5-10 connections

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Tinderbox (UK), Aug 17, 2009.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

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    I have a netbook with an Ralink RT2860 , draft N wifi card and a Netgear DG834GT router.

    I have the latest firmware on the router and the latest driver on the netbook wifi card, I have used 3 different connection software, 1 is the Xp wifi finder.

    I keep getting acquiring network address and then it changes to limited or no connectivity and repair or rebooting the netbook does not fix the problem.

    But as soon as i re-boot the router the netbook connects straight away, but as i said only for the next 5+ netbook reboots.

    Crazy or what :confused:
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 17, 2009
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    I just reverted to the previous firmware after finding out that the new one is reported to be very buggy, I have connected and disconnected the wifi 10 times on my netbook without a problem.

    It`s a pity as the new firmware has WPA2 support , hopefully netgear will release a fix soon.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 17, 2009
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    another reason to stick with dlink linksys
     
    yodawg, Aug 17, 2009
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    Does your netbook happened to use athero 5007EG wifi chipset? If it does, then those wifi card have known problems with connection issues.
     
    jackluo923, Aug 19, 2009
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