Any wireless network experts willing to help me out?
I set up a wireless network using a D-Link DI-624 router on my desktop and a wireless adapter on my laptop. I'm using the bundled software called Network Magic to monitor the connection.
However, it seems like almost every 2-3 hours the connection is being dropped at the desktop. I run Network Magic and it tells me to "power cycle" the router by unplugging it for 10 seconds and plugging it back in. While this isn't a huge deal, it's more than a little annoying. Is there something I can do to make sure this doesn't keep happening so frequently?
Thanks in advance.
If it's important, I'm running WinXP.
# 1 Re: Any wireless network experts willing to help me out?
Here's a link of someone reporting, that it resets itself every 10 minutes Link (http://reviews.cnet.com/D_Link_DI_624_router/4864-3319_7-20817312.html?ctype=msgid&messageSiteID=7&messageID=1332546&cval=1332546)
Seems like quite of few people are reporting this: Link (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=AUL&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=D-Link+DI-624+Resets+Itself&spell=1)
I don't know it could be the router itself. I have a Linksys router that shuts itself down every time there's a lot of traffic on the router, such as when downloading something using bit torrent.
# 2 Re: Any wireless network experts willing to help me out?
I have the same router Brett. I was having similar problems, but I don't have it connected to a desktop. I have it straight into the modem and all our connections are wireless.
My problem was drop out on my notebook only, using the internal 54mbps LAN. I purchased a D-Link Xtreme G 108 card and it solved the problem for me. Our router is also 108 Xtreme G enabled, or you'd only get 54mbps.
But I don't use that bundled software. Did you get a normal old D-Link cd?
Do you have to have the desktop on for your wireless connection to work? If so, we did have it configured like that, but I changed it so we didn't need to. Now the desktop just has a wireless USB D-Link 54 adaptor and connects only when I need to turn it on.
Power cycle did work for me too, but as time progressed it seemed that I needed to do it more often.
Traffic wasn't the issue, as it happened even when other users weren't on the connection, and I was only on MSN or similar. It seemed the D-Link router only wanted to talk to another D-Link wireless card/adaptor, regardless of how many users or how much traffic. Occasionally I still have to power cycle, but it's something like once/twice a week at the most. It's on 24/7.
I thought either the modem or the router could be faulty, but it didn't seem to be the case, as it's working fine now.
# 3 Re: Any wireless network experts willing to help me out?
I don't think my problem has anything to do with the wireless aspects of the network or the quality of the wireless adapter in the notebook because the disconnect is happening on my desktop. The router is connected directly to the desktop via the ethernet cable.
Nickster -- I took a look at some of those links, and while others are complaining about the disconnects, nobody offers any solutions.
There's got to be some sort of solution to this.
# 4 Re: Any wireless network experts willing to help me out?
I could be wrong, but I don't think when the disconnect drops on the desktop it would affect the wireless, unless the modem is also plugged into the desktop. It could also be your ISP dropping out. That cable is only providing service for the desktop, well for us it was, and so it did not affect the routers ability to send signals to other devices.
If you have the modem to router, bypass the desktop, does it help? We could unplug the cable from the desktop to router when we had it configured that way, without losing connections to our notebooks.
It could also be a faulty cable. I found after I stopped using the desktop for a while, then decided to plug her back into the router it would not connect. So I just purchased the USB wireless and it was fine.
But networking troubleshooting is really hard without seeing it, and knowing your settings and set up. Well for me it is anyway. :rolleyes:
There are also firmware upgrades you need to do. Have you tried those?
# 5 Re: Any wireless network experts willing to help me out?
On my Windows XP computer, the third-party wireless software that came with the card, though I think it was Netgear, kept getting shut off by the default Windows software, at about the same interval you described. We fixed it by turning off the Windows software and just using the third-party and no it works fine. COuld help, so give it a shot.
