Wireless keeps dying out.

[StoneColdWhat]

I bought a wireless router about 3 months back, a di-524 by d-link, anyways the computer is well within range and yet it keeps dying out, when I check on the wireless comp, the lan connection speed jumps around sometimes from 54mbps to even as low as 4 or 8. I have the latest firmware for it. I dont have anything on power off when idle. Ideas?

[guns1inger]

Do you have your trasmitter in a cupboard ?
Do you have to go through walls ?
Are there appliances between you and the trasmitter ?
Does one of your neighbours have a large antenna or dish in their yard or on their roof ?
How far apart are the devices ?

[StoneColdWhat]

Hm so many questions, well my router is sitting on the comp desk where the cable modem is, walls well I guess sort of, the router is in the basement and the wireless comp is directly above it, as far as appliances theres a tv beside this comp but its mostly off. Some neighbours do have satelite dish on the roof that I can't do anything about lol. I would say the router from the wireless comp are about 4 meters or so in height apart.

[Prot]

2.4 GHz cordless phones will definately degrade the signal. If you have one, replace it with a 900 MHz or 5.8 GHz model. If your nieghbors have one.... well, you'll either have to live with it, or buy them a new phone.

Other things to consider. Maneuver your antennas so that you have the best possible signal. You might think about getting a signal booster. The thickness of the flooring might be a little too thick for the signal to penetrate at full strength. A lot of metal between you and the router will also affect the signal.

[greymalkin]

I believe higher is better as well with wireless transmission..if you can get the router out of the basement that would probably help alot.

Also do you have the latest drivers for your wireless network card? sometimes that helps the connection reliability.

[StoneColdWhat]

Hmmm well I think my cordless is 900mhz, not sure so i'll have to check on that, I doubt repositioning the antenna will help but I'll give that a shot, I just got this router so I'm not getting a new one, if I get the router out of the basement then I'll be on the wireless which won't be good if it keeps disconnecting, theres no cable jack up by the other comp anyways. And the wireless adapter is usb, not a pci. I'm sure that will affect it a little but not by that much, I'll look into getting drivers for that...

[offline]

Change the wireless channel - update router firmware - use NetStumbler to determine best signal position - check power supply to router - check online forums for others with your model and see if they have problems.

[StoneColdWhat]

Hmmm offline, I havn't done any of the things you said yet but I noticed something interesting, when I'm not using the comp the connection speed would be pretty low but when I use it it would bounce back up to 50-75% of the speed. I rechecked the settings again and everything is on ALWAYS ON.

[handyguy]

Plug your modem right into your computer, if it works right then its your router. I have changed routers a few times after this test.

[Ken vs Ryu]

It's not uncommon for the wireless component in routers to burn out.
Contact D-Link support and they should be able to run a remote Linux test to determine if this is the case.


Ha-do-Ken