Connection stalls until I do ping/traceroute in router
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Posted by sdaws on March 26, 2008, 8:51 am
Please log in for more thread options Hi, so this just happened a couple mins ago and is an example of what happens fairly frequently to me... - browsing web using FireFox (Windows XP, latest SP) - suddenly online music stops playing and current (& future) web page loads no longer work (ie. wireless connection seems broken/dropped) - I use FF to access my Linksys router home page (which works fine) - go to Administration->Diagnostics, click on Traceroute button
- window takes several long seconds to come up but as soon as it does,
music starts again and web page loading works fine again Other things *sometimes* work (like ipconfig /release & /renew) but clicking Traceroute or Ping on the router page almost always fixes the issue. Is this definitely a router issue or could some other component be contributing (Windows, wireless adapter, ISP)? If router, how to fix/ minimize? (settings? firmware?) Thanks! ps. I've written about this previously a while ago here: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless/browse_thread/thread/257d63174b49a76b/b162a537078bfd6e | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bill Kearney on March 26, 2008, 9:12 am
Please log in for more thread options probably losing connection when it tries to idle the port. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by sdaws on March 26, 2008, 10:44 am
Please log in for more thread options > Disable power management on the network interface in the computer. It's
> probably losing connection when it tries to idle the port. Thanks for the quick reply! That's probably causing some of my lost connection issues so I'll definitely do that. I think the situation earlier may have been different though since I could access the router (wirelessly) no problem - it's just that sites/nodes beyond that weren't accessible until bringing up the Traceroute dialog/window somehow reset something. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on March 26, 2008, 12:50 pm
Please log in for more thread options wrote:
>Is this definitely a router issue or could some other component be
>contributing (Windows, wireless adapter, ISP)? If router, how to fix/ >minimize? (settings? firmware?) Thanks! What is a Linksys "54G" router? Do you have a real model number? If yes, look on the serial number tag and include the hardware revision number. (v1 thru v8). What firmware version are you using? Look on the setup status page. >ps. I've written about this previously a while ago here:
>http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless/browse_thread/thread/257d63174b49a76b/b162a537078bfd6e Check the WAN "idle timeout" settings. Set it to zero. You might be disconnecting from the ISP. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by sdaws on March 27, 2008, 8:05 am
Please log in for more thread options > wrote:
> > >Is this definitely a router issue or could some other component be
> >contributing (Windows, wireless adapter, ISP)? If router, how to fix/ > >minimize? (settings? firmware?) Thanks! >
> What is a Linksys "54G" router? > Do you have a real model number? > If yes, look on the serial number tag and include the hardware > revision number. (v1 thru v8). > What firmware version are you using? Look on the setup status page. > > >ps. I've written about this previously a while ago here:
> >http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.networking.wi... >
> Check the WAN "idle timeout" settings. Set it to zero. You might be > disconnecting from the ISP. > > -- > Jeff Liebermann je...@cruzio.com > 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com > Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com > Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 Hi Jeff, Thanks for your reply. Here are the details on the router: http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1149562300349&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=0034939789B04 WRT45G v2.2 Firmware Version: v3.03.1, Oct. 18, 2004 I wasn't able to find the WAN "idle timeout" settings. | ||||||||||||||||
