Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


Acriflex

2 posts

Wannabe Geek


#115181 17-Mar-2013 04:18
Send private message

Hi people,

Basically it is as the subject says.

I have been looking for the solution using Google, and everyone is wrong so far. As i have tried their suggestions and to no avail.

My wireless keeps dropping. My PC is hardlined to the Modem router, so no problems there.

But, i have tried the following to try to stop my wireless from dropping.

Changed Bandwidth to 20MHz

Changed to each and every channel

Changed modes

Changed Security settings to adaptive, non adaptive, and even no security.

Hard reset

Soft reset

Changed filter


And i am getting no where. Before, i used a basic one my previous provider sent, and had no problems. But had to send it back under tos and stuff.

I am loosing my cool with this modem router as wireless is not working at all.

My computer is all up to date. And wireless card, and have iphones, ipads and stuff. But wireless is dropping about ten times an hour or when i try to update games and stuff on my wireless devices. And everyone knows, iphones and ipads have the crappy 50mb 3g limit plugged in on them, so wireless is my only option. I can't hardline my iphone, can i?

I am at the end of my teather with this thing. Really, it should be working as it should.

Filter this topic showing only the reply marked as answer Create new topic
cyril7
9058 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified
Trusted
Subscriber

  #782838 17-Mar-2013 08:15
Send private message

Hi, to things come to mind, interference and firmware. Firstly you say you have tried each channel, but have you done a channel analysis, it only takes a neighbour to put his .n AP in 40MHz (or Auto BW) and 3/4 of the spectrum is soiled. Get nSSIDer and put it on your laptop and see what the real channel occupancy is.

Firmware, I have had instances where the lattest firmware caused wireless drop out, infact in one AP here at home at the moment (also a 8960) I have gone back one rev from the lattest at the time as the lattest rev at that time (12months ago) caused the exact same issue, went back one rev issue gone. I have not checked or bothered doing any more recent updates using the aint broke dont fix it theory.

Cyril



Acriflex

2 posts

Wannabe Geek


  #782841 17-Mar-2013 08:50
Send private message

cyril7: Hi, to things come to mind, interference and firmware. Firstly you say you have tried each channel, but have you done a channel analysis, it only takes a neighbour to put his .n AP in 40MHz (or Auto BW) and 3/4 of the spectrum is soiled. Get nSSIDer and put it on your laptop and see what the real channel occupancy is.

Firmware, I have had instances where the lattest firmware caused wireless drop out, infact in one AP here at home at the moment (also a 8960) I have gone back one rev from the lattest at the time as the lattest rev at that time (12months ago) caused the exact same issue, went back one rev issue gone. I have not checked or bothered doing any more recent updates using the aint broke dont fix it theory.

Cyril


Cyril7, thank you for your response.

I went to TP Links website, and i have rolled back the version a couple times and found one that works.

Thank you for your suggestions, it really helped!

cyril7
9058 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified
Trusted
Subscriber

  #782851 17-Mar-2013 09:14
Send private message

Hi, no worries, I do recommend you do a site survey with nSSIder to help choose the best channel.

Cheers
Cyril

Filter this topic showing only the reply marked as answer Create new topic





News and reviews »

Air New Zealand Starts AI adoption with OpenAI
Posted 24-Jul-2025 16:00


eero Pro 7 Review
Posted 23-Jul-2025 12:07


BeeStation Plus Review
Posted 21-Jul-2025 14:21


eero Unveils New Wi-Fi 7 Products in New Zealand
Posted 21-Jul-2025 00:01


WiZ Introduces HDMI Sync Box and other Light Devices
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:32


RedShield Enhances DDoS and Bot Attack Protection
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:26


Seagate Ships 30TB Drives
Posted 17-Jul-2025 11:24


Oclean AirPump A10 Water Flosser Review
Posted 13-Jul-2025 11:05


Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Brings New Edge-To-Edge FlexWindow
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01


Epson Launches New AM-C550Z WorkForce Enterprise printer
Posted 9-Jul-2025 18:22


Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9
Posted 9-Jul-2025 17:46


Nearly Half of Older Kiwis Still Write their Passwords on Paper
Posted 9-Jul-2025 08:42


D-Link 4G+ Cat6 Wi-Fi 6 DWR-933M Mobile Hotspot Review
Posted 1-Jul-2025 11:34


Oppo A5 Series Launches With New Levels of Durability
Posted 30-Jun-2025 10:15









Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.