Hi All,
I just just got a PS3 and it is connected to my network via my Linksys wireless router. Every time I turn on my PS3, my wife's Thinkpad laptop loses it's connection. This also happened when my Nintendo Wii was powered on but I have since ditched the Wii. Any thoughts on what might be the cause? Due to the fact that the Wii did the same thing, I am assuming it is either her laptop or my router.
DBS hath wroth:
Any particular Linksys wireless router? Model and hardware version from the serial number tag.
Yeah, but I'm lazy tonite. How about connecting to your unspecified model Linksys router with a web browser, and looking at the "Log" page. It should have some clue as to why it disconnects.
Are any of these devices setup for a static IP address? If so, kindly change the device to a DHCP assigned IP address.
Did you check for firmware updates from the Linksys web pile? If not, please check for updates as such weirdness is often caused by firmware bugs.
Linksys WRT54G - I will try updating the firmware.
DBS hath wroth:
Which hardware version? It's on the serial number tag.
what about any B vs G issues ?
What does the Wii or PS3 want to use, and what does the disc> DBS hath wroth:
Likely. How is the IP address setup on the laptop? If it's being set as static and that address conflicts with the Wii and/or PS3 then you've found your problem. You can't have more than one device on the network using the same IP address. And neither can any of them use the same address as the router, of course!
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The 802.11b versus 802.11g issues (also known as 802.11b compatibility) will only cause a slowdown. When running an 802.11g a client running 802.11b will cause the wireless router to poll for
802.11b clients, thus slowing down file transfers for 802.11g.Both prefer 802.11g. However, if the signal is lousy, if you have lots of interference, or have misconfigured your wireless router, you may get stuck with 802.11b speeds.
Dunno. No maker, no model, no numbers, no clues.
Nice. Yet another broken DHCP client or possible DHCP protocol incompatibility.
Heh, just ran into that with my networkable thermostat. Seems it can't handle a DHCP lease that has more than one gateway router.
I didn't know anyone had such a thing. Might be useful for my mountaintop sites. Got a link?
Do you mean more than one *default* gateway? Setting up more than one gateway to remote offices is fairly common, but that's handled by the router. Windoze and Linux both handle multiple gateways, but I've only used that for automagic fall back when the main router goes comatose. Unless you have more than one route to the internet (in which case you'll need some kind of routing protocol such as RIP, OSPF, BGP, etc, I don't see any need for more than one default gateway. Also, all of the cheap routers I can easily access only allow one default gateway in the DHCP server config. I'm too lazy to slog through the RFC's to see if they allow more than one default gateway via DHCP.
Whatcha doing?
Sure, proliphix.com. I've got this an NT20e.
It's not inexpensive compared to standalone units. They also have more commercially-targeted units (but I've not used any).
Yes and I have routing set up for it. I don't really "need" anything to be smart enough to deal with multiple routes. I've found some devices really don't like being handed multiple gateways from an Windows DHCP server (the thermostat being one). But this isn't a problem as those devices each get their own DHCP lease reservation set up; which is explicitly configured for just one gateway. Yes, you're right, most SOHO routers do not have this flexibility and most situations wouldn't require it.
Balancing between some inbound services using a static DSL connection and the dynamic IP FIOS connection.
-Bill Kearney
"Bill Kearney" hath wroth:
Thanks. However at $360/ea, I don't see one in my future.
No SNMP. So do they just scrape data off the web page?
Well, there's another common setup that some DHCP clients find difficult. I frequently have LAN devices that I do NOT want their traffic to appear on the internet. Network printers that call home regularly is the most common example. So, I set the default gateway to either blank or to the network printers own IP address. No problem with a static IP setup, but with DHCP, it requires that the client allows a static gateway IP, but a dynamic DHCP assigned IP and netmask. Batting average is about 50% on print servers and network printers. For those that won't, I have to setup a filter rule in the router or use a static IP address. Not a big problem, but it bugs me.
Load balancing between two radically different speed network connections is always fun. You could cheat and use a load balancing router such as:
With Windoze, there's no internal load balancing with multiple default gateways. It looks at the router metric, picks the cheapest, and sends everything via that route. If you want to change gateway, you have to tweak the route metric. I don't think any commodity network appliance firmware can do even that and is limited to one gateway.
Thanks much.
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