Thomson TG585 v7 wireless connection issues

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kiwisine

1 post

Wannabe Geek

#85496 20-Jun-2011 20:20

I have a laptop that connects wirelessly to my Thomson TG585 V7 router. I have set the IP address in TCP/IP on the laptop to 192.168.1.101 (have also tried having it obtain address automatically wit h no difference).

When I start the laptop it almost always shows an excellent signal from the router but 9/10 times when I open firefox there is no connection so I need to do a repair to get a connection (even though it showed I had a connection). Sometimes this doesn't work and I need to reboot the router.

All very frustrating as I have 2 others using router for work.

Any suggestions how to try and solve this problem?

Any suggestions for a quality router? I have heard Trendnets are very good but they are hard to find in New Zealand.

Thanks in advance for any help.

b0untypure1

1425 posts

Uber Geek

#484598 22-Jun-2011 19:43

tp link make amazing wireless routers

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danielm8

109 posts

Master Geek

#484607 22-Jun-2011 20:00

kiwisine: I have a laptop that connects wirelessly to my Thomson TG585 V7 router. I have set the IP address in TCP/IP on the laptop to 192.168.1.101 (have also tried having it obtain address automatically wit h no difference).

When I start the laptop it almost always shows an excellent signal from the router but 9/10 times when I open firefox there is no connection so I need to do a repair to get a connection (even though it showed I had a connection). Sometimes this doesn't work and I need to reboot the router.

All very frustrating as I have 2 others using router for work.

Any suggestions how to try and solve this problem?

Any suggestions for a quality router? I have heard Trendnets are very good but they are hard to find in New Zealand.

Thanks in advance for any help.

I use the same router and have wireless connection issues when somebody walks infront of the receiver lol so this router seems to only work when you have a clear path between the wireless device and the router.

daman88

81 posts

Master Geek

#484649 22-Jun-2011 20:49

Has any devices work on this wireless?

Netgear or Linksys - they are the good quality routers......

Why not get a replacement for your router or claim warranty on it?

tdgeek

28624 posts

Uber Geek

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#484653 22-Jun-2011 20:57

I had a Thomson TG585 V7 router it was fine, I have a TPLink now only as I wanted to access fast N speeds that my devices can take advantage of.

Try a factory reset. Hold a paperclip in the reset hole for 7 seconds, till the lights all flash off. Or if you can do a swap with a mate if he has a wifi modem that is fine, as an isolation test

dontpanic42

1574 posts

Uber Geek

#484736 22-Jun-2011 23:05

These Thomson TG585 routers seem to be nothing but trouble.

I have set up a few TP-Link modem/routers for people that have had these Thomson routers go flaky on them, and the TP-Links haven't missed a beat.